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William S. Yellow Robe Jr.
Assiniboine author and playwright (1960–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William S. Yellow Robe Jr. (February 4, 1960 – July 19, 2021) was an Assiniboine actor, author, director, educator, playwright, and poet.[2]
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A member of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Yellow Robe was raised by his mother on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana.[3] He studied writing and performing arts at the University of Montana.[4]
Yellow Robe's works have been performed in venues across the United States, including the Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul;[5] the Public Theater in New York;[6] the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI;[7] and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.[8] He was a member of Penumbra, as well as the Ensemble Studio Theater,[9] Amerinda, Inc.,[2] and the advisory board for Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre.[10]
Yellow Robe has also taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Brown University,[11] and the University of Maine.[12]
He died following a long illness in Bangor on July 19, 2021.[13] The day after he died, Yellow Robe was named the recipient of a $40,000 award in recognition of his contributions to theatre.[14] His papers joined the many playwright and poetry archives at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin in 2022 and are available there for research.[15]
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Awards
- New England Theater Conference Special Award winner (2004)[16]
- New York Community Trust Helen Merril Award for Playwrighting (2021), announced one day after Yellow Robe died.
Bibliography
- Where the Pavement Ends: Five Native American Plays. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 2003. ISBN 0806132655.
- Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers and Other Untold Stories. UCLA American Indian Studies Center. 2009. ISBN 978-0935626599.
- The Body Guards. ASIN: B014613HLM
- The Burning of Uncle. *from Learner, A. (Ed.). (1990). Dancing on the rim of the world: an anthology of contemporary Northwest native American writing. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0816512157
- The Council. ASIN: B014617O4S
- Independence of Eddie Rose. ASIN: B00LLPCN1C *from Mojica, M. and Knowles, R. (Eds.). (2003). Staging coyote's dream: an anthology of First Nations drama in English. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press. ISBN 978-0887546259
- Restless Spirits: plays. Albany: State University of New York Press, [2020]. ISBN 978-1438478647
- Rez Politics. ASIN: B0146168YK
- Sneaky. ASIN: B014619D42
- The Star Quilter. ASIN: B01461109S
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