Union of BC Indian Chiefs – The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is proud to recognize the accomplishments of Kevin Loring, recipient of the 2009 Governor General’s Award in Drama- English for his play Where the Blood Mixes. Loring is a member of the Lytton First Nation of the Nlaka’pamux Nation, and is an actor as well as a playwright. The play is set in the Lytton village of Kumsheen …

Where the Blood Mixes tells the story of Floyd, a First Nations man preparing for a reunion with his daughter Christine, taken into care by social services two decades earlier. Floyd is deeply scarred from his residential school years, and must face the truth about his past in order to move forward in the present. He grapples with the guilt he feels about the loss of his daughter amidst the backdrop of the country’s growing awareness about the abuse that First Nations experienced in residential schools. Through sharing his experiences, Floyd embodies one of the play’s central themes, the healing power of storytelling.

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Other news:

• The Vancouver Sun: “B.C. writers Kate Pullinger, Kevin Loring and David Zieroth win Governor-General’s honours” (Nov. 17, 2009).