A special theatrical event that explores the positive relationship that Iowa's Amana Colonies have had with the Meskwaki Indigenous people, the one-man drama Squatters on Red Earth enjoys a one-night-only staging in the Galvin Fine Arts Center of Davenport's St. Ambrose University on August 24, this tale of a peaceful encounter in the midst of the U.S. white settler land grab the latest stage work by former Poet Laureate of Iowa Mary Swander.

















