Event
Thursday, October 13 at 5:30 p.m. in the Donnell Theater
In the Round
Videos
Spirit Rangers Show
Native creative, Mary Kathryn Nagle (attorney and playwright) tweets about a new Netflix series for children.
Mary Kathryn Nagle
Mary Kathryn Nagle is a playwright and a partner at Pipestem Law, a firm specializing in tribal sovereignty of Native nations and peoples. She was born in Oklahoma City, OK, and is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
Mary Kathryn Nagle's Twitter @MKNAGLE
Readings
Articles
Deer, S., & Nagle, M. K. (2018). Return to Worcester: Dollar General and the restoration of tribal jurisdiction to protect native women and children. Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, 41(1), 179.
Huston-Findley, S. A. (2019). Sovereignty by Mary Kathryn Nagle, and: Jefferson’s garden by Timberlake Wertenbaker (review). Theatre Journal, 71(1), 91-94.
Nagle, M. K. (2009). Abortion post-Glucksberg and post-Gonzales: Applying an analysis that demands equality for women under the law. Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, 16(2), 293.
Nagle, M. K. ( 22 Feb 2015). Native voice on the American stage: A constituional crisis. Howlround Theatre Commons.
Nagle, M. K. & Goodwin, R. (28 May 2018). Decolonizing creation processes by reclaiming narratives/reclamando nuestras narratives: El giro decolonial en el proceso creativo. Howlround Theatre Commons.
Pollack-Pelzner, D. (8 April 2021). Mary Kathryn Nagle changes the story, in court and onstage. The New Yorker
Web Sources
In 2015, Nagle curated a series of essays by Native, Indigenous, and First Nations theatre and performance creatives for Howlround Theatre Commons.
In 2018, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival staged the world premiere of Nagle’s play, Manahatta. Here is a link to OSF’s webpage on the production, which includes interviews with the playwright, production photos, a trailer, dramaturgical information, and more.
This Land podcast
Indian Child Welfare Act (Haaland v. Brakeen)
Additional Resources
Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light by ISBN: 9780819578655Publication Date: 2019-01-25Unique perspectives on the roots and reaches of contemporary Native Theater from the 2019 Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo's play Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light is the centerpiece of this collection that includes essays and interviews concerning the roots and the reaches of contemporary Native Theater. Harjo blends storytelling, music, movement, and poetic language in Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light?a healing ceremony that chronicles the challenges young protagonist Redbird faces on her path to healing and self-determination. This text is accompanied by interviews with Native theater artists Rolland Meinholtz and Randy Reinholz, as well as an interview with Harjo, conducted by Page. The interviews highlight the lives and contributions of Meinholtz, a theater artist and educator who served as the drama instructor at the Institute of American Indian Arts from 1964?70 and a close mentor and friend to Harjo; and Reinholz, producing artistic director of Native Voices at the Autry, the nation's only Equity theater company dedicated exclusively to the development and production of new plays by Native American, First Nations, and Alaska Native playwrights. The new interview with Harjo focuses on her experiences working in theater. Essays on Harjo's work are provided by Mary Kathryn Nagle?an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee nation, playwright, and attorney who shares her insights on the legal and historical frameworks through which we can better understand the significance of Harjo's play; and Priscilla Page?writer, performer, and educator (of Wiyot heritage), who looks at indigenous feminism, jazz, and performance as influences on Harjo's theatrical work.
