Read: The Unspoken Treaty Series on Howlround (November 2025)
Are you a theatre artist wanting to dig deeper? Check out this Howlround series curated by Tara Moses featuring Quita Sullivan, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Betsy Richards, Chingwe Padraig Sullivan, Madeline Easley, and Tomi Endter in November 2025.
About The Unspoken Treaty: The Pattern, Impact, and Disruption of Silencing Native Voices: There’s a pattern in the American theatre that mirrors centuries of broken treaties, forgotten promises, and surface-level gestures of inclusion. By examining decades-long patterns of silencing Native voices that have protested work that has negatively impacted our sovereignty, our continued resistance to stereotypes, and our humanity, the American theatre will finally break the last treaty. This series aims to expose how the theatre's complicity in cultural silencing extends far beyond simple oversight and is a continuation of colonial violence that demands immediate and sustained action. It will offer community-generated, tangible best practices for comprehensive Native American representation. Let’s move forward, better and together.