Cirrus@Austlit

'Agnes is a girl who was removed from her home and family by Child Welfare government services. She grows up in a series of foster homes, away from the warmth and support of her family and her cultural community. Popular media depicting Aboriginal people both fascinate and disgust Agnes. In the 1960s she joins many others hitchhiking across America, and in that journey she discovers the authentic voice inside her that had been silenced, but never lost. Inspired by both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women, who continue to encourage and guide her, Margo Kane created Moonlodge to honour mothers, sisters, aunts and grandmothers and to motivate others on their journeys home. In creating her one-woman show, Kane drew on the stories and personal experiences of children who were taken away from their families and familiar surroundings in the 1950's and 1960's, with no explanation by the Children's Aid Department.'

[Source: Full Circle: First Nations Performance (sighted 26/6/2012)]