Module 7: Indigenous Perspectives

Question 1

Who created Couple in a Cage?

Answer 1

Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gomez-Pena

Question 2

Main idea of Couple in a Cage

Answer 2

A show about a couple literally in a cage performing “traditional tasks” (they were based on stereotypes) like sewing a voodoo doll and watching television

Guards posted outside the cage answered guest questions and took the couple to the bathroom on leashes set to dehumanize the couple

Question 3

Define performance “hoax”

Answer 3

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“Couple in a Cage” (falsely) presented Fusco and Pena as natives from an
undiscovered island. They called themselves “Guatinaui,” which was completely
made u

Question 4

Who wrote Thanksgiving Play

Answer 4

Larissa Fasthorse

Question 5

Who was Larissa Fasthorse?

Answer 5

A Native American Playwright

Question 6

T of F: Couple in a Cage was a form of non traditional theatre?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What is Thanksgiving Play about

Answer 7

4 well meaning white people try to create a play at an elementary school for thanksgiving- it’s racist.

Question 8

What does Couple in a Cage represent?

Answer 8

Represents settler colonialism

Colonization where the Indigenous people already occupying the space are
forcibly removed as a form of “ethnic cleansing” (ex. finding America)