And in a plot twist I won't spoil, one that spins the entire play on its axis, a fourth Indigenous character looms largest of all.
By contrast, in Iran and the CIA (2010), Darioush Bayandor argues that 19 August "had essentially an indigenous character and resulted from Iran's internal dynamics".
Inside, the extensive use of local materials, notably slate, provides indigenous character.
Its big, bold reds combine the international virtues of ripe fruit, immense concentration and lavish new oak with distinctive indigenous character, a kind of heady, savage allure reminiscent of young Vintage Port or new-wave Zinfandel from California.
Whether you are looking for sturdy wines from international varieties or more exotic examples of indigenous character, Spain is a grab bag where the pleasant surprises outnumber the disappointments.
It's not clear whether or not Parks Canada actually sought local First Nations' perspective on the Indigenous character.
In the late 1800s and the late 1950s, it was normal for Indigenous characters in literature to be negatively represented or invisible.
Yet Roderick selected Lawson's 1892 story The Drover's Wife for the collection too, and it alone has three Indigenous characters, primarily a lazy, lying "stray blackfella" whose actions bring the stoic frontierswoman to tears.
When Kate Grenville wrote her highly acclaimed historical novel about colonial Australia, The Secret River, in 2005, she avoided writing from the perspective of Indigenous characters because she felt it was "beyond" her.
