The Cherokee Night
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The Cherokee Night is a 1932 experimental play by Cherokee playwright Lynn Riggs that explores the disintegration and survival of Cherokee identity in modern America through a series of loosely connected scenes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Cherokee Night canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T658324 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cherokee Night Context triple: [Lynn Riggs, notableWork, The Cherokee Night]
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A.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
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B.
Twilight in the Wilderness
"Twilight in the Wilderness" is a celebrated 1860 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic sunset sky and luminous depiction of the American wilderness.
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C.
Little Turtle's War
Little Turtle's War was a late 18th-century conflict between a confederation of Native American tribes and the United States over control of the Northwest Territory, named after the Miami war chief Little Turtle who led many of the Native forces.
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D.
Sons of the Eagle
Sons of the Eagle is a wartime memoir by British politician Julian Amery recounting his experiences with resistance and special operations in the Balkans during World War II.
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E.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cherokee Night Target entity description: The Cherokee Night is a 1932 experimental play by Cherokee playwright Lynn Riggs that explores the disintegration and survival of Cherokee identity in modern America through a series of loosely connected scenes.
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A.
The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
-
B.
Twilight in the Wilderness
"Twilight in the Wilderness" is a celebrated 1860 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic sunset sky and luminous depiction of the American wilderness.
-
C.
Little Turtle's War
Little Turtle's War was a late 18th-century conflict between a confederation of Native American tribes and the United States over control of the Northwest Territory, named after the Miami war chief Little Turtle who led many of the Native forces.
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D.
Sons of the Eagle
Sons of the Eagle is a wartime memoir by British politician Julian Amery recounting his experiences with resistance and special operations in the Balkans during World War II.
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E.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental play
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play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Lynn Riggs ⓘ |
| authorEthnicity | Cherokee ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext | Native American literature ⓘ |
| ethnicFocus |
Cherokee
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surface form:
Cherokee people
|
| explores |
disintegration of Cherokee identity
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survival of Cherokee identity ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
experimental theatre ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Lynn Riggs ⓘ |
| hasEthnicBackgroundOfAuthor | Cherokee ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Cherokee Night self-link ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | play ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist theatre ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early representation of Native American experience in American theatre
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experimental dramatic structure ⓘ |
| originalForm | stage play ⓘ |
| partOf | American theatre ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century American drama ⓘ |
| playwright | Lynn Riggs ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| setting | modern America ⓘ |
| structure | series of loosely connected scenes ⓘ |
| subject |
Cherokee identity
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Native American identity ⓘ cultural disintegration ⓘ cultural survival ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1932 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Cherokee Night Description of subject: The Cherokee Night is a 1932 experimental play by Cherokee playwright Lynn Riggs that explores the disintegration and survival of Cherokee identity in modern America through a series of loosely connected scenes.
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