The Skin and Its Girl teachings Ancient and contemporary

Ancient and contemporary

and the gift of birdsong is born

Writer and producer Migizi Pensoneau (Ponca/Ojibwe)

Who has the right to represent Native history

The Skin and Its Girl teachings Ancient and contemporaryIn a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family's ancestral home in Palestine, the heart of a stillborn baby begins to beat and her skin turns vibrantly, permanently cobalt blue. On the same day, the Rummanis' centuries old soap factory in Nablus is destroyed in an air strike. The family matriarch and keeper of their lore, Aunt Nuha, believes that the blue girl embodies their sacred history, harkening back to a time when the Rummanis were