native plays
... However, he implies that sufficient traditional Native culture remains to save the Native people from self-destruction as they (and we), are led to recognize that the modern world is destroying the Native people. ... He essentially asks why women are treated the way they are in Native culture. The difference that he sees between Native people and “white” people is that one is patriarchal in structure. ... The audience has to break out of the notion that all plays fit one category and be prepared to expect the unexpected. The many strands present in this play - bloody, comic, classical, contemporary, native and European - are not satisfactorily drawn together.