William S. Yellow Robe Jr. | |
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Born | Poplar, Montana [1] | February 4, 1960
Died | July 19, 2021 Bangor, Maine | (aged 61)
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Nationality | Fort Peck Assiniboine |
Genre | Native American literature |
Notable works | Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers: And Other Untold Stories, Where the Pavement Ends |
Notable awards | First Nations Book Award for Drama |
William S. Yellow Robe Jr. (February 4, 1960 – July 19, 2021) was an Assiniboine actor, author, director, educator, playwright, and poet. [2]
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. [3] He studied writing and performing arts at the University of Montana. [4]
Yellow Robe's works have been performed in venues across the United States, including the Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul; [5] the Public Theater in New York; [6] the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI; [7] and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. [8] He was a member of Penumbra, as well as the Ensemble Studio Theater, [9] Amerinda, Inc., [2] and the advisory board for Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre. [10]
Yellow Robe has also taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Brown University, [11] and the University of Maine. [12]
He died following a long illness in Bangor on July 19, 2021. [13] The day after he died, Yellow Robe was named the recipient of a $40,000 award in recognition of his contributions to theatre. [14] 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. [15]
William S. Yellow Robe Jr. | |
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Born | Poplar, Montana [1] | February 4, 1960
Died | July 19, 2021 Bangor, Maine | (aged 61)
Occupation |
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Nationality | Fort Peck Assiniboine |
Genre | Native American literature |
Notable works | Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers: And Other Untold Stories, Where the Pavement Ends |
Notable awards | First Nations Book Award for Drama |
William S. Yellow Robe Jr. (February 4, 1960 – July 19, 2021) was an Assiniboine actor, author, director, educator, playwright, and poet. [2]
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. [3] He studied writing and performing arts at the University of Montana. [4]
Yellow Robe's works have been performed in venues across the United States, including the Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul; [5] the Public Theater in New York; [6] the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI; [7] and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. [8] He was a member of Penumbra, as well as the Ensemble Studio Theater, [9] Amerinda, Inc., [2] and the advisory board for Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre. [10]
Yellow Robe has also taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Brown University, [11] and the University of Maine. [12]
He died following a long illness in Bangor on July 19, 2021. [13] The day after he died, Yellow Robe was named the recipient of a $40,000 award in recognition of his contributions to theatre. [14] 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. [15]