Waawaashkeshiwaag-Wabano

In many of our traditional stories, animals embody lessons, concepts, and beliefs. In many
creation stories across Turtle Island, animals came before humans and conducted
themselves as humans do now. With council discussions on how to manage resources and
solve problems. In many of our stories the animals speak.
In this play, we are drawn into two young Waawaashkeshiwag (Deer) world during the rut.
One is gendered as the female known as Noozhe, the other gendered as the male counter-
part known as Kiskaw. We follow the young deer and explore their roles within the confines
of a society that has innate ways of being. Both protagonists examine the concept of
survival and how offerings are used within the Indigenous scope of reciprocity.