The Buz'Gem Blues Colonialism Restricting the Potlatch

Restricting the Potlatch

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The Buz'Gem Blues Colonialism Restricting the PotlatchThe Buz'Gem Blues is the third play in Drew Hayden Taylor's ongoing zany, outrageous, often farcical examination of both Native and non Native stereotypes in what is to become what he calls his Blues Quartet. Marianne has talked her mother, Martha, into attending an Elders conference with her, where she is to be used as a resource person, even though Martha doesn't believe she has anything to offer anyone. Held in a college setting, the keynote paper