William S. Yellow Robe Jr. (February 4, 1960 – July 19, 2021) was an
Assiniboine actor, author, director, educator, playwright, and poet.
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Life and career
A member of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Yellow Robe was raised by his mother on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana. He studied writing and performing arts at the University of Montana.
Yellow Robe's works have been performed in venues across the United States, including the Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul; the Public Theater in New York; the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI; and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. He was a member of Penumbra, as well as the Ensemble Studio Theater, Amerinda, Inc.,Brown University
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, and the University of Maine.
He died following a long illness in Bangor on July 19, 2021. The day after he died, Yellow Robe was named the recipient of a $40,000 award in recognition of his contributions to theatre. His papers joined the many playwright and poetry archives at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin in 2022 and are available there for research.
Awards
*New England Theater Conference Special Award winner (2004)
Bibliography
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*''The Body Guards.'' ASIN: B014613HLM
*''The Burning of Uncle.'' *from Learner, A. (Ed.). (1990). ''Dancing on the rim of the world: an anthology of contemporary Northwest native American writing.'' Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
*''The Council.'' ASIN: B014617O4S
*''Independence of Eddie Rose.'' ASIN: B00LLPCN1C *from Mojica, M. and Knowles, R. (Eds.). (2003). ''Staging coyote's dream: an anthology of First Nations drama in English.'' Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press.
*''Restless Spirits: plays.'' Albany: State University of New York Press, 020
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*''Rez Politics.'' ASIN: B0146168YK
*''Sneaky.'' ASIN: B014619D42
*''The Star Quilter.'' ASIN: B01461109S
Notes
Further reading
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External links
William S. Yellow Robe Jr. Papers
at the Harry Ransom Center
Faculty Profile
at the University of Maine
Bill Yellow Robe Spoke Native Truth to White Power
by Rhiana Yazzie
Rhiana Yazzie is a Navajo playwright, actor, and filmmaker. She is based in the Twin Cities where she founded New Native Theater in 2009.
Early life
An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, Yazzie grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. According ...
at American Theatre
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1960 births
2021 deaths
20th-century American poets
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
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20th-century Native Americans
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Assiniboine people
Brown University faculty
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Native American male actors
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