Faces of Native Theater: A Photo Gallery


In memory of...

Sobiyax, Gerald Bruce Miller (Skokomish-Yakima)

He originated the roles of Bobby Lee in Body Indian , Nightwalker in 49 , Coon in Coon Cons Coyote , and was in numerous parts in the original production of Foghorn , all by the Native American Theater Ensemble. His musical theater work, Changer , was produced by Red Earth Performing Arts Company in Seattle in 1976 and will be revived by the new Red Earth company in spring 2005.


Performing the famous Princess Pocahontas scene from the Native American Theater Ensemble production of FOGHORN, Jand Lind, standing, as Princess Pocahontas, and her court of handmaidens, sitting, from left, Irene Toledo, Maggie Geiogamah, Denise Hernandez, and Marie Antoinette Rogers, onstage at the Theater im Reichskabarett, Berlin, Germany, November, 1973. Photo by Chris Spotted Eagle.


Princess Pocahontas's handmaidens are stunned by her graphic descriptions of her encounter with Captain John Smith in the Native American Theater Ensemble premiere performances of FOGHORN, onstage in November, 1973, at Berlin's Theater im Reichskabarett. Left to right, Jane Lind, Irene Toldeo, Maggie Geiogamah, Denise Hernandez, and Marie Antoinette Rogers. Photo by Chris Spotted Eagle.


Members of the Native American Theater Ensemble in New York City, October, l973. Clockwise, from bottom center: Luis Romero (Taos, in headband); Marie Antoinette Rogers (Mescalero); Charlie Hill (Oneida); Jane Lind (Aleut); Carpio Bernal (Taos); Denise Hernandez (Potowatomi); Phil George (Nez Perce); Irene Toledo (Navajo); Sobiyax, Gerald Bruce Miller (Skokomish-Yakima); Maggie Geiogamah (Kiowa). Photo by Chris SpottedEagle.


Cultural Center and Museum at Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas, one of the two performance venues for the resident Thunderbird Theater Company


Hiawatha Hall at Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas, mainstage venue of Thunderbird Theater