This article explores how two non-Indigenous male Fransaskois playwrights writing female Métis characters before and after 2015 addressed the effects of internal and external colonialism, then examines the parallels a non-Indigenous female Fransaskois playwright drew between her female Métis characters and non-Indigenous women. It also examines whether these playwrights make any attempt to depict the profound distress described by Indigenous authors like Maria Campbell and shared by so many Indigenous people who, like Innu author Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, have inadvertently inherited their ancestors' suffering through the generations. Ultimately, the article strives to uncover whether these plays reflect the defining features of Indigenous literature, and bears witness to a growing understanding of Indigenization in Fransaskois theatre.
Marie-Diane Tuyêt-Maï Clarke (Sat,) studied this question.