'Manahatta' an intimate portrayal of indigenous families in Berkeley

In Aurora Theatre Company's production “Manahatta,” which is running through March 10 in Berkeley, playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, draws parallels between the forced removal and taxation of Native Americans during the 2008 financial crisis and the 1626 Dutch purchase of the island of Manhattan, the Lenape’s ancestral homeland.

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