Wounspe Wanktya--A College EducationbyAlexandra Hesbrook Ramier
Follow the story of Tashina and Tiffany, two Lakota freshmen in college, when they decide to sew a sacred dress to help them get through their four years of school as they experience the good, the bad, the funny and the spiritual.
TIFFANY—Lakota, Freshman. From Pine Ridge.
TASHINA—Lakota, Freshman. From Pine Ridge.
GRASS DANCER—A younger male. Indigenous. Imagined by Tiffany.
JOHNTWO—Crow, Freshman. From Billings, Montana. MELANIE—White, Freshman, crafter, friend.
JESSICA—White, Freshman, crafter, friend.
SUSAN –Nez Pearce, College Student, activist, President of NASU.
DRUM GROUP—three to seven drummers of varying ages, each will play different parts, including the professor, some white girls, some math students, and others.