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The play interweaves Jane Snake’s rise at Lehman Brothers before and during the 2008 financial crisis with her family’s financial troubles and a 17th-century story of Dutch colonization, land seizure and violence against the Lenape, drawing parallels between colonialism and capitalism.
The play interweaves survivors’ accounts of domestic violence on Native lands with a dramatized campaign to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. It follows Department of Justice employee Terri Henry and reservation police officer Dennis as jurisdictional limits obstruct protection for survivors and advocates work to secure federal legislation.
Cherokee lawyer Sarah Ridge Polson seeks to restore Cherokee Nation sovereignty and jurisdiction while confronting the legacy of her Ridge ancestors, who signed the Treaty of New Echota before Cherokee removal. The play moves between the 1830s and the present, connecting that history to Polson's work helping Native women facing sexual harassment.
The play interweaves Jane Snake’s rise at Lehman Brothers before and during the 2008 financial crisis with her family’s financial troubles and a 17th-century story of Dutch colonization, land seizure and violence against the Lenape, drawing parallels between colonialism and capitalism.
The play interweaves survivors’ accounts of domestic violence on Native lands with a dramatized campaign to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. It follows Department of Justice employee Terri Henry and reservation police officer Dennis as jurisdictional limits obstruct protection for survivors and advocates work to secure federal legislation.
Cherokee lawyer Sarah Ridge Polson seeks to restore Cherokee Nation sovereignty and jurisdiction while confronting the legacy of her Ridge ancestors, who signed the Treaty of New Echota before Cherokee removal. The play moves between the 1830s and the present, connecting that history to Polson's work helping Native women facing sexual harassment.