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Tomson Highway

Born

in Maria Lake, Manitoba, Canada

December 05, 1951

Website

http://tomsonhighway.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Women & Gender Studies, Children's Books

Influences

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In the six decades since he was born in a tent in the bush of northernmost Manitoba, Tomson Highway has traveled many paths and been called by many names. Residential school survivor, classical pianist, social worker and, since the 1980s, playwright, librettist, novelist and children's author.

He is fluent in French, English and his native Cree. In 1994 he was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada -- the first Aboriginal writer to receive that honour. In 2000, Maclean's magazine named him one of the 100 most important people in Canadian history.

He currently resides in Toronto. ...more

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Tomson Highway’s books

Average rating: 3.85 · 8,832 ratings · 975 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kiss of the Fur Queen 3.88 avg rating — 2,975 ratings — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rez Sisters: A Play in Two Acts 3.55 avg rating — 1,922 ratings — published 1988 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Permanent Astonishment 4.17 avg rating — 1,537 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dry Lips Oughta Move To Kapuskasing 3.40 avg rating — 640 ratings — published 1989 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laughing with the Trickster: On Sex, Death, and Accordions 4.16 avg rating — 420 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragonfly Kites / Kíweegínapíseek by Tomson Highway, Brian Deines (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caribou Song / atíhko níkamon by Tomson Highway, Brian Deines (Illustrator) 3.61 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout 3.86 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism 4.30 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fox on the Ice / Maageesees Maskwameek Kaapit by Tomson Highway, Brian Deines (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Tomson Highway

Songs of the North Wind (3 books)
by

Tomson Highway,

Brian Deines (Illustrator)

3.72 avg rating — 352 ratings

Quotes by Tomson Highway (?)

“English is so hierarchical. In Cree, we don't have animate-inanimate comparisons between things. Animals have souls that are equal to ours. Rocks have souls, trees have souls. Trees are 'who,' not 'what.”
― Tomson Highway

tags: cree, indigenous-peoples, language, nature

30 likes

“There's a major fault in Western society. It makes room for only one god, and in only one gender. There's no balance, no co-existence, no partnership.”
― Tomson Highway

tags: gender, god

21 likes

“Don't mourn me. Be joyful.”
― Tomson Highway, Kiss of the Fur Queen

4 likes

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Please vote for the book you'd prefer to read as May's Book of the Month. Titles not selected are eligible to be nominated at a future time. Feel free to ask any questions or champion your choice in the comments.

Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway

4 votes, 80.0%

The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan

1 vote, 20.0%

5 total votes

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