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Salt Baby
By Falen Johnson
Growing up on the Six Nations native reserve, Salt Baby never quite fit in, as a ÒwhiteÓ looking ÒIndianÓÑfair skin and curly hair made her more of a Shirley Temple type than a Pocahontas type. Salt Baby navigates the native reserve and the city while explaining herself, ... Read more
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Growing up on the Six Nations native reserve, Salt Baby never quite fit in, as a ÒwhiteÓ looking ÒIndianÓÑfair skin and curly hair made her more of a Shirley Temple type than a Pocahontas type. Salt Baby navigates the native reserve and the city while explaining herself, as well as her blood quantum, to the world and to ÒAlligatorÓ: ÒItÕs always different for Indians. Ó
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ÒThis hilarious and moving play explores the experience of being invisibly ethnic and raises questions about how we expect Aboriginal people to look. Ó
ÒThis hilarious and moving play explores the experience of being invisibly ethnic and raises questions about how we expect Aboriginal people to look. Ó
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- Dimensions 74 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.25 in
- Published September 20, 2013
- Publisher J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
- Category Drama
- Keywords Canadian , Canada , Plays , Playscripts
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