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About Me

On a cool early morning at 3:32 am, a baby girl was born with 2 inches of dark brown hair that never fell out. She lived her very young life in the bush with her grandparents. Those memories she holds onto as some of the happiest of her life. That little girl grew up to be...a bit of a contradiction, a walking one because I am environmentally friendly. I am what Kris Kristofferson sings about, only female, and younger, and Aboriginal. I am not Pocahontas, however. I was not taken away from my Native country and then die from loneliness. I am Reneltta who lives 13, 000 kilometres from where she was born and when the wind blows can sometimes breath that smokey air...ahhh. I love Spring.

My Interests

Northern Arts and Cultural Centre
Stuck in a Snowbank Theatre
Nakai Theatre
Theatre Northwest
CMC Dramamuse Theatre
Caravan Stage Theatre
Urban Shaman ~ Storm Spirits

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Poets...because they are musicians: Kerouac, Bukowski, Cohen... Ok Go, Damien Rice, Indio (of course), Diga, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Jude, Brett Dennen, James, Fiest, Metric, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Lily Allen, Leela Gilday (for sure), Tanya Tagaq Gillis (sexy), Sam Roberts, The 88, Arctic Monkeys, Kinnie Starr, Bettye Lavette, Bright Eyes (love his sound), Hawksley Workman (I am addicted), Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon (I'm tired of the war), Old Rolling Stones, Live Country Music, K'naan, Pete Yorn, Marianne Faithfull, Teagan & Sara (love them), Shonen Knife, White Stripes, Great Lake Swimmers, Kaiser Chiefs, Bob Dylan...and then there are the songs but will save for another day.

Books:

ABORIGINAL-BASED: "In Search of April Raintree" by Beatrice Culleton, "Angel Splash Wing Pattern" by Richard Van Camp, "Reservation Blues" by Sherman Alexie, "The Unjust Society" by Harold Cardinal, "Give Me My Father's Body" Kenn Harper, "Trapping is My Life" by John Tetso, "Green Grass Running Water" Thomas King, "Three Day Road" by Joseph BoydenABORIGINAL-BASED PLAYS: "Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth" by Drew Hayden Taylor, "Ecstasy of Rita Joe" by George Ryga, "Rez Sisters" by Tomson Highway, "The Unnatural & Accidental Women" & "Copper Thunderbird" by Marie ClementsTHE CLASSICS: "The Catcher & the Rye" & "Franny & Zooey" by J.D. Salinger,"The Fountainhead" & "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell, "Lord of the Flies" by William GoldingOTHERS: "Fall On Your Knees" by Ann-Marie MacDonald, "The Edible Woman" by Margaret Atwood, "Tunnel Vision" by R. Patrick Gates, "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis, "Perfume" by Patrick SuskindCLASSIC PLAYS: "Saint Joan" by George Bernard Shaw, "Buried Child" by Sam Shepard, "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov, "Summer & Smoke" by Tennessee Williams, "The Promise" by Aleksei Arbuzov, "Enemy of the People" by Henrik Ibsen CANADIAN PLAYS: "The Drawer Boy" by Michael Healey, "Oleanna" by David Mamet, "Hockey Story for Boys" by George Szilagyi, "Arctic Circle War" by Ben Nind, "Trout Stanley" by Claudia Dey

My Blog

AULD LANG SYNE&

I was prepared to write a manifesto of how difficult this passed year has been and I was going to title it Not Sure. Not sure in the sense that so much of my life is up in the air right now and I am ...
Posted by Auspicious R on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:58:00 PST

HIGHWAY’S PLAY "REZ SISTERS" HITS A NERVE

REVIEW by Teresa Mallam - Prince George Free Press - November 07, 2007There were moments in The Rez Sisters Sunday night when I felt myself squirm in my seat. Playwright Tomson Highway knows how to hi...
Posted by Auspicious R on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:05:00 PST

DAVID S.R. LEIGHTON ART FELLOWSHIP HONOUREE...IS ME!

The National Arts Centre has named the first group of David Leighton Arts Fellows to be honoured through its Leighton Talent Development Endowment, recently established as a legacy and tribute to form...
Posted by Auspicious R on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:17:00 PST

FOR MY MOTHER...

For those of you that know me well, you know that for many years I have had a bone of contention with my mother. I am not sure when this bone got all out of joint, all I know is that for many many ye...
Posted by Auspicious R on Fri, 04 May 2007 06:20:00 PST

NATIONAL ABORIGINAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS...

Well peeps I am a lucky lady. I was one of the many who attended the 14th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards last week here in Edmonton, Alberta.This was my first ever award show and it co...
Posted by Auspicious R on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:56:00 PST

BANFF CAMP...

I am back home now (whew) and thought that before I forget all the amazing experiences I've had while in (what we residents refer to as) Banff Camp, I had better write some of them down.Week One: Janu...
Posted by Auspicious R on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:45:00 PST

BEST REVIEW EVER...

OK, this may not be the most proper thing to do but with such words being used as "generously" and "utterly amazing" I just couldn't help myself...01/24/07BY MARK WEBERRed Deer ExpressDRAMA IN IGNITIO...
Posted by Auspicious R on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:27:00 PST

PEACE TO YOU...

I sit at my computer looking at the letters on the keyboard to inspire my focus for the New Year. What I want to aspire to. What I want to attain. Who I want to become in the future and what I want ...
Posted by Auspicious R on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:35:00 PST

$21.99 BACK ON MY VISA...

Every year my Visa takes a hit for the holidays. I dream that my Visa bill, like in those commercials where a wind blows and everything gets scattered into the air including the numbers owing on a Vi...
Posted by Auspicious R on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:45:00 PST

A GIRL IN THE SHAPE OF A MONSTER, A MONSTER IN THE SHAPE OF A GIRL...

Have begun rehearsal for "Shape of a Girl" with the awesome Tanya Ryga. We go through the text breaking down scenes and discuss how one event relates to another, how soundscape provides the journey r...
Posted by Auspicious R on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:10:00 PST