Mary Swander Presents "Squatters On Red Earth"

Name: Mary Swander Presents "Squatters On Red Earth"
Start: 2024-09-03T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 304 West Seerley Blvd, Cedar Falls, IA, United States, Iowa 50613

Schedule

Tue Sep 03 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

304 West Seerley Blvd, Cedar Falls, IA, United States, Iowa 50613 | Cedar Falls, IA

Actor, Rip Russell; Director, Brant Bollman; Music Composer, Laura Hudson Kittrell; Costume Designer, Michele Payne Hinz; Set Designer, Shelley Buffalo; Puppet Designer, Monica Leo.
Squatters on Red Earth is a one-man touring play that explores the positive relationship that the Amana Colonies have had with the Meskwaki Indigenous people.
Synopsis: The Amana Inspirationists fled religious persecution in their homeland in Germany only to become part of the white settler land grab in the United States. The Inspirationists sought productive land hidden from the rest of the mainstream society in the Iowa River Valley where they encountered the Meskwakis and their long
agricultural tradition. The two groups, both agrarian and communal with strong spiritual beliefs, managed to live together peacefully, with a mutual respect for the ecology and sacredness of the land.
Sponsored by Friends of the Hearst. Free and open to the public.