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*** Look at Lisabelle's Sandbox for the Rough Draft of the Article**
Playwright Short summary on play Historical background on the play Major themes
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kathryn_Nagle
 * A lawyer, runs Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (Executive Director)
 * http://www.playbill.com/production/sovereignty-arena-stage-kreeger-2017-2018
 * About a Cherokee lawyer, Sarah Ridge Polson
 * Revolves around trying to regain jurisdiction for the Cherokee Nation
 * Ties in to the memories and ghosts of her past relatives (grandfathers)
 * Put on at Arena Stage
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/theater/mary-kathryn-nagle-native-american-playwright-lawyer.html
 * Based on family history
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/theater/mary-kathryn-nagle-native-american-playwright-lawyer.html
 * family cemetery in rural Oklahoma
 * 1839 - Cherokee Nation leader named John Ridge stabbed to death
 * political retribution
 * Father - Major Ridge assassinated same day for same reason
 * John and Major Ridge → signers of bitterly divisive treaty
 * vehemently opposed by the Cherokee chief and many others
 * removed tribe from its land in the Southeast
 * sent thousands on the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory
 * present-day Oklahoma
 * The Ridges’ killers = fellow Cherokees, wreaking vengeance
 * John Ridge → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ridge
 * Major Ridge → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Ridge
 * Treaty of New Echota of 1835 → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_New_Echota
 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/friends-and-playwrights-tell-stories-that-call-for-action-on-stage/2018/01/25/87a2878a-fd32-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html?utm_term=.07cd8ac3240d
 * Oliphant vs Suquamish Indian Tribe decision
 * Playwright’s family tree in Trail of Tears
 * Stems from essay on red face depictions of Native Americans on stage

https://wtop.com/entertainment/2018/01/arena-stage-makes-closing-argument-for-native-american-sovereignty/  → interviews with cast

Criticism and Interpretation

https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/01/28/review-sovereignty-arena-stage/

https://mdtheatreguide.com/2018/01/theatre-review-sovereignty-at-arena-stage/

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