New play highlights the partnership between Amana Inspirationists and Meskwaki people

By Charity Nebbe,

Published June 7, 2023 at 7:00 AM CDT

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Talk of Iowa shares the story of a new production Squatters on Red Earth that explores the relationship between the Meskwaki people and the Inspirationists, a communal society that founded the Amana Colonies.

Host Charity Nebbe sits down with playwright Mary Swander and Shelley Buffalo, member of the Meskwaki Nation, to discuss the play premiering in Amana and Toledo on June 9-10.

Later in the episode, Elizabeth Keest Sedrel and Rachelle Chase discuss the second annual Emancipation Day: A Juneteenth Event that will take place on June 10 at Living History Farms in Des Moines.

Guests:

Mary Swander, artistic director, Swander Woman Productions, executive director, AgArts
Shelley Buffalo, consultant and set designer
Rachelle Chase, author, speaker, Des Moines Register columnist
Elizabeth Keest Sedrel, marketing and communications director, Living History Farms

New play highlights the partnership between Amana Inspirationists and Meskwaki people

Talk of Iowa shares the story of a new production Squatters on Red Earth that explores the relationship between the Meskwaki people and the Inspirationists, a communal society that founded the Amana Colonies.

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