{"product_id":"sovereignty-a-play-paperback","title":"Sovereignty: A Play - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Kathryn Nagle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds over two parallel timelines. In present-day Oklahoma, a young Cherokee lawyer, Sarah Ridge Polson, and her colleague Jim Ross defend the inherent jurisdiction of Cherokee Nation in the U.S. Supreme Court when a non-Indian defendant challenges the Nation's authority to prosecute non-Indian perpetrators of domestic violence. Their collaboration is juxtaposed with scenes from 1835, when Cherokee Nation was eight hundred miles to the east in the southern Appalachians. That year, Sarah's and Jim's ancestors, historic Cherokee rivals, were bitterly divided over a proposed treaty with the administration of Andrew Jackson, the Treaty of New Echota, which led to the nation's removal to Oklahoma on the infamous Trail of Tears. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A direct descendant of nineteenth-century Cherokee leaders John Ridge and Major Ridge, Mary Kathryn Nagle has penned a play that twists and turns from violent outbursts to healing monologues, illuminating a provocative double meaning for the sovereignty of both tribal territory and women's bodies. Taking as its point of departure the story of one lawyer's passionate defense of the rights of her people to prosecute non-natives who commit crimes on reservations, \u003ci\u003eSovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e opens up into an expansive exploration of the circular continuity of history, human memory, and the power of human relationships.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARY KATHRYN NAGLE\u003c\/b\u003e is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Her play \u003ci\u003eSliver of a Full Moon\u003c\/i\u003e has been performed at law schools across the United States, and she has received commissions from Arena Stage, the Rose Theater, Portland Center Stage, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Yale Repertory Theatre, Round House Theatre, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She served as the first executive director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program from 2015 to 2019. Nagle is also a partner at Pipestem Law, P.C., where she works to protect tribal sovereignty and the inherent right of Indian Nations to protect their women and children from domestic violence and sexual assault. She has authored numerous briefs in federal appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757706150176,"sku":"9780810141407","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2fba34797041b49a752362b07e798316.webp?v=1780109629","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sovereignty-a-play-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}