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Tickets are available now! You can buy yours, and find out more about the awesome showcase team at: https://www.gwaandaktheatre.ca/home-awaken-festival-2025/performance-showcases. Savage is a Word in the English Dictionary follows a young Indigenous woman who is asked to give a presentation at her old elementary school for their “Indigenous Studies” unit. Arriving at the school she is confronted with the memories of her own school days. When nostalgia and reality collide, she realizes that history doesn’t smell as good as the textbook.
Content Warnings: Use of a vaping device (no nicotine or THC), coarse language, themes of residential school and intergenerational trauma.
Length: ~60 Minutes
*All details are accurate at time of posting, and are subject to change. Masks are encouraged at this event, but not required.
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CREDITS
Featuring Brefny Caribou
Performer & Creator | Brefny Caribou
Director | Keshia Palm
Stage Manager | Maya Bowers
Promotional Photos | Kate Dalton
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, 1171 Front Street,Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
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