Canadian, Aboriginal

Highway, Tomson. 1989. Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing. Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House. ISBN: 0-920079-55-5
Age: 16+
Language: English
Subject: Adult; Plays; Multiple Nations

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing is a play by Cree playwright, Tomson Highway. It is set on the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve and focuses on the lives of seven “Wasy” men and the game of hockey. This story combines tragedy, comedy and hope. Highway explores Native reality in the today’s Canadian society.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Highway, Tomson. 1988. The Rez Sisters. Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House.
ISBN: 0-920079-44-X.
Age: 16+
Language: English
Subject: Adult; Plays; Multiple Nations

The Rez Sisters is the award winning play by Cree playwright Tomson Highway. Set on the fictional Wasaychingan Hill Indian Reserve, the seven main characters try to beat the odds at the world’s biggest bingo game. The play portrays Native women in today’s society and combines humor, tragedy and passion.

Non-Aboriginal, non-Canadian

Hirschi, Ron. 1992. Seya’s Song. Sasquatch Books. ISBN: 0912365625
Age: 10 – 16
Language: English; S’Klallam
Subject: Children, Youth; Fiction; S’Klallam (Washington State)

Seya’s grandmother tells her stories that show the relationship of S’Klallam people to the salmon, the salmon to the seasons, the seasons to the cycles of traditional life.The book reflects universal relationships.