Characters (Act 1)
Indian princess stereotype, often known for being weak and submissive.
Pocahontas.
A.A meeting.
The drunken Indian.
The "dead" white writer was placed in this piece of furniture for most of the play.
A closet.
The white writer is, in fact, dead.
False, he is alive.
This character has trauma from residential schools.
Fred. (Injun Joe)
Kills Many Enemies.
Blockading a Tim Hortons could be an example of this stereotype.
The protestant / activist.
A place that all of the characters end up in at the start of act 2. (NOT the room they were trapped in)
A.A meeting.
Injun Joe is perfectly sober in the play.
False, saying he is sober is like saying that grass is blue.
Host of the A.A meeting.
Mike. (Billy Jack)
This character speak in broken english. This broken english is term that has character's name in it.
Tonto.
At the start of act 1, Tonto says "...one dead white man, six Indians, in locked room— not good beginning."
This quote is an example of...
How poorly Indigenous people get treated by the police.
The characters use this device to change their personalities.
Typewriter / Computer.
The white writer has been seen before by everyone, each person having their own experiences with him.
True.
A young First Nations activist, protests a lot.
John. (Old Lodge Skins)
This character is the only character that can read books in act 1.
Billy Jack.
In act 1, Kills Many Enemies tells Billy Jack "Your skin might be white, but your heart is indeed red."
The "red" part could possibly be referencing this stereotype:
The redskin.
Bill has been under lots of stress because of working on this huge building of entertainment.
(specific name not needed)
A casino.
Kills Many Enemies is a big fan of air conditioning, and eventually opens up his own casino in act 2 with all of the air conditioning in the world.
True.
Bears kids instead of being one.
Sally. (Pocahontas)
This character says this quote:
"My young warrior, you must understand. I've never been young like you. I've always been this age."
Old Lodge Skins.
In act 2, Sally has 11 kids and can't afford to take care of them all. She constantly needs welfare checks from the chief.
This parodies a First Nations stereotype, which would be?
First Nations people living off of welfare.
Jim is known to have embezzled a lot of money from this organization in act 2.
The Department of Indian Affairs.
"Don't you people see? I'm trying to save your lives or at least change them, as well as mine."
This quote is from act 2.
False, this is from act 1. (Page 46)
The comment "I liked it better when you could barely talk" was directed at this character.
Jim. (Tonto)