Inheritance : a pick-the-path experience /
An interactive play with over fifty possible variations that thrusts you into the middle of an Indigenous Land dispute and asks you to pick the right path. You take your seat in the theater. You are given a remote control. Inheritance begins. Abbey and Noah, an urban non-Indigenous couple, are on a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Vancouver :
Talonbooks,
[2022].
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| Summary: | An interactive play with over fifty possible variations that thrusts you into the middle of an Indigenous Land dispute and asks you to pick the right path. You take your seat in the theater. You are given a remote control. Inheritance begins. Abbey and Noah, an urban non-Indigenous couple, are on a getaway to visit her father at his vast rural estate. But when they arrive, they find him missing and a local Indigenous man staying there instead. They ask him to leave and you choose what happens next. Set in Secwepemcúl̓ecw, the Traditional Territory of the Secwépemc Nation, Inheritance is a unique "pick your own path" theatrical experience that makes the reader or audience a co-creator of the story. When it's revealed that the colonial rights to the entire property owned by Abbey's dad are actually up for grabs, you must continue to decide how the story unfolds, ultimately determining how the land will be stewarded, and by whom. With humor, suspense and a race against time, Inheritance thrusts you into the middle of an Indigenous Land dispute and asks you to work it out. The book also includes a foreword by activist David Suzuki and President of the Haida Nation Miles Richardson, an interview by Annie Smith with the play's co-creators, a historical background on the Secwépemc Nation's history, language and Traditional Territory and a study guide by Danielle Kraichy designed for high-school students. |
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| Item Description: | Illustrations on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 273 pages : portraits ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781772013627 1772013625 |