Our Indigenou
s Initiatives Committee (ICC) invite you to join them at the musical
IIC m embers and others are planning on attending on April 16 (7:30pm curtain). We’ll be meeting beforehand for dinner at 6pm at The Sweet Cherubim. It’s casual and anyone who likes can stop by and join us. We also hope to gather for conversation over drinks af ter the show in the York Theatre.
On Native Land is a new musical that intertwines the lives of three seemingly disparate char acters—a lawyer\, a Chief\, and a rising singer-songwriter—whose paths conv erge in a powerful tale of identity\, land\, and love.
A dive into th e heart of contemporary Indigenous narratives\, On Native Land is a sweeping love story with a focus on urban Indigenous communities\, offering solace and solidarity.
Corey Payette’s contemporary score has a driv ing force rooted in the drum\, grounding the music in Indigenous tradition while soaring melodies echo groundbreaking Broadway scores such as Company and Dear Evan Hansen. Richly textured and emotionally charged\, his composi tions bridge ancestral and modern tonalities\, creating a soundscape that i s both timeless and boldly innovative.
The Celebrating INdigenous Culture and History (CINCH ) event series is an initiative led by the Indigenous Initiatives Committee. The goal o f CINCH is to build community and cultivate our knowledge of Indigenous cul ture and history on Turtle Island through film\, theatre\, dance and litera ture.
UBC’s Point Grey Campus is located on the traditional\, a ncestral\, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The land it is situated on has been a place of intergenerational learning for the Musqueam people from time immemorial.
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