Shows Will Explore Indian Experience

Fri., Oct. 29, 1999

From Staff

An Oregon-based actor will give one-man performances Tuesday and Wednesday in Spokane that weave song, dance, history, commentary and poetry into a modern snapshot of the American Indian experience.

Robert Owens, of Lakota and Cherokee ancestry, performs a play called “Walking on Turtle Island” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Met Theatre. An arts and crafts auction begins at 5 p.m. It’s a benefit for the Spokane Medicine Wheel Academy, an alternative school formed in Spokane School District 81 in 1996 to address the cultural needs of Native American youth.

Proceeds will fund a student van.

Tickets are available at G&B Select-a-Seat at 325-7328 or call Audrey Bliss at 354-7110. Tickets are $10 advance, $15 at the door.

On Wednesday, Owens will perform, “The Role of the Wild Man and Mainstream Society,” at 11:30 a.m. at Spokane Falls Community College, SUB Lounges A and B, Building 17. Admission is free. It’s co-sponsored by the SFCC Associated students and Red Nation Student Association.

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