Cottagers and Indians
Cottagers and Indians is a documentary by Drew Hayden Taylor.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- February 2019: The play is based on the real-life experiences of James Whetung, an Indigenous rice farmer. As of February 2019, the production returned to the Tarragon Theatre for a multi-week run following a successful tour across Ontario. The story features a conflict between characters Arthur Cooper and Maureen Poole regarding wild rice harvesting at the fictional Otter Lake.[2]
- March 2020: The play explores a conflict over land and water rights involving the harvesting of manomin in the Kawartha Lakes region. It premiered in 2018 at the Tarragon Theatre and was staged at Magnus Theatre in Thunder Bay in 2020. The story is based on the real-life experiences of James Whetung regarding food sovereignty and wild rice.[3]
- July 2020: The play and book are dramatizations of a wild rice dispute on Pigeon Lake involving James Whetung. The documentary version premiered in July 2020 as part of the CBC Docs POV series. The book version was shortlisted for the 2020 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.[4]
- May 2021: Drew Hayden Taylor cited this work as part of his effort to showcase empowering aspects of Indigenous culture to the dominant culture.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Drew Hayden Taylor’s new television series premieres this weekend", Anishinabek News, 3 May 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Cottagers and Indians returns to Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre", Anishinabek News, 6 February 2019 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Meet the Playwright session delights audience with light-hearted Q and A period", Anishinabek News, 24 March 2020 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Successful play from Curve Lake First Nation playwright adapted into documentary", Anishinabek News, 3 July 2020 (archived copy; original article).