Kiss of the fur queen / Tomson Highway.
Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Their language is forbidden, their names are changed to Jeremiah and Gabriel, and both boys are abused by priests.As young men, estranged from their own people and alienated from the culture imposed upon them, the Okimasis brothers fight to survive. Wherever they go, the Fur Queen--a wily, shape-shifting trickster--watches over them with a protective eye. For Jeremiah and Gabriel are destined to be artists. Through music and dance they soar.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385258807 (softcover)
- Physical Description: 310 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: [Toronto] : Anchor Canada, Random House, 2005.
- Copyright: ©1999
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Subject: | Cree > Fiction. Indigenous peoples > North America > Manitoba > Fiction. Brothers > Manitoba > Fiction. Indigenous peoples > Fiction. |
Topic Heading: | Residential Schools - Cree - Fiction. Indigenous collection. |
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