Canadian, Aboriginal

Taylor, Drew Hayden. 1993. Someday. Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House.
ISBN: 1-895618-10-X
Age: 16+
Language: English
Subject: Adult; Plays; Woodland, Ojibwe.

This play takes place on a fictional Ojibwe Indian Reserve somewhere in Ontario. It deals with a painful time when thousands of Native children were removed from their families. Anne Wabung’s daughter was taken by children’s aid workers when the girl was a toddler. Now, 35 years later at Christmas time, Anne’s hope of being reunited with her daughter is realized. However, the dreams of mother and daughter are not fulfilled.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Taylor, Drew Hayden. 1991. Bootleggers Blues – A Play by Drew Hayden Taylor. Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House. ISBN: 0-090079-79-2
Age: 16+
Language: English
Subject: Adult; Plays; Multiple Nations

The plot revolves around stereotypical characters set on a contemporary Canadian reserve during a powwow weekend.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Taylor, Drew Hayden. 1990. Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock and Education is Our Right: Two One-Act Plays. Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House. ISBN: 0-920079-64-4
Age: 16+
Language: English
Subject: Adult; Plays; Multiple Nations

In these two plays, Taylor explorers the dilemmas facing Aboriginal youth today. In Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock a teenage youth is torn between the traditions of his people and the lure of urban life. During a vision quest, Rusty meets two people from his nation – one from 400 years in the past and one from the future. Education is Our Right is a twist on Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol.