In the 1950s, Abraham Okimasis becomes the first Indian ever to win the Trapper's Festival Dog Sled Race and, as tradition dictates, he is kissed by the festival's beautiful Fur Queen. Nine months...
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Author: Highway, TomsonSummary:Genre: Indigenous materials, Canadian fiction -
Author: Highway, TomsonSummary:"Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing" tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve, also the setting for Tomson Highway's award winning play The Rez Sisters. Wherein The Rez...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Drama -
Author: Highway, TomsonSummary:Protrays the attempts of seven Indian women from a northern Ontario reserve to beat the odds and win the world's largest bingo in Ontario.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Drama -
Author: Highway, TomsonSummary:“Speaking one language, I submit, is like living in a house with one window only...” From his legendary birth in a snow bank in northwestern Manitoba, through his metamorphosis to citizen-artist...