Two Indians

Publisher's Description (Scirocco Drama): Win lives on the rez and Roe lives in the city, where she fled after a terrible family tragedy. After years apart, the two cousins reunite in a Toronto alley to recreate a ceremony from their childhood-- but can they remember how? When the words "missing and murdered," "truth and reconciliation," and "occupation and resistance" are everywhere, how do two Mohawk women stand their ground? Falen Johnson's powerful Two Indians is a darkly comedic look at the landscape of being Indigenous.

Author's Biography (Scirocco Drama): Falen Johnson is Mohawk and Tuscarora (Bear Clan) from Six Nations Grand River Territory. She is a writer, podcaster, and radio show host. Her plays include Salt Baby, Two Indians, and Ipperwash, for which she received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play. Her writing has been featured in Brick, the Canadian Theatre Review, and Granta. She has also written for Urban Native Girl (APTN), Merchants of the Wild (APTN) and the 2020 Indspire Awards (CBC). She was named One to Watch in 2020 by Maclean's magazine. She co-hosts The Secret Life of Canada (CBC Podcasts) with Leah-Simone Bown and Unreserved (CBC Radio One).

Resource type: Book (Non-fiction)

Age recommendation: Grade 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, Post Secondary

Keywords: Family, ritual, ceremony, reservation, reserve, rez, city, urban, cousin, women, skin, moon, home, decolonize, decolonial, decolonialism, powwow, pow wow, Mohawk, reconciliation, rememberance, us vs them, inside vs outside, systems, politics, political, smoke, tobacco, returning home, rally, fear, bush party, personal trauma, familial trauma, missing women, murdered women, kidnap

Year of publication: 2021

Publisher information: Scirocco Drama