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DESCRIPTION:Aboriginal Literature: What\, When\, How\, Why\nTomson Highway 
 is the son of legendary caribou hunter and world\nchampionship dogsled rac
 er\, Joe Highway. Born in a tent pitched in\na snow bank – in December! – 
 just south of the Manitoba/Nunavut\nborder (near Saskatchewan)\, he now\, 
 for a living\, writes novels\,\nplays\, and music. Of the many works he ha
 s written to date\, his\nbest known are the plays\, “THE REZ SISTERS\,” “D
 RY LIPS OUGHTA MOVE\nTO KAPUSKASING\,” “ROSE\,” “ERNESTINE SHUSWAP GETS HE
 R TROUT\,” and\nthe best-selling novel\, “KISS OF THE FUR QUEEN.”\nFor man
 y years\, he ran Canada’s premiere Native theatre company\,\nNative Earth 
 Performing Arts (out of Toronto)\, out of which has\nemerged an entire gen
 eration of professional Native theatre artists\n(actors\, playwrights\, et
 c.). He has\, as well\, three children’s\nbooks to his credit\, all writte
 n bilingually in Cree (his mother\ntongue) and English.\nHe divides his ye
 ar equally between a cottage in northern\nOntario (near Sudbury) and an ap
 artment in the south of France\, at\nboth of which locales he is currently
  at work on his second\nnovel.\n\n“Here/Now: Contemporary First Nations Me
 dia and Culture” is\na planned series of 3 events over the course of the f
 all 2009\,\nbringing together cultural producers from the fields of cinema
 \,\ntheatre\, new media and literature to discuss the place of First\nNati
 ons cultural productions in the contemporary artistic\nscene.\nOPEN TO THE
  PUBLIC!\n\nWe would like to thank the following for co-sponsoring this ev
 ent:\nDepartment of Art History & Communications\, Department of\nEnglish\
 ,\nInstitute for Gender\, Sexuality\, and Feminist Studies\, The 91������\nI
 nstitute for the Study of Canada\, Media @ 91������\n
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SUMMARY:Tomson Highway on Aboriginal Literature
URL:/channels/event/tomson-highway-aboriginal-literatu
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