Kiss of the Fur Queen

Type

Book

Authors

Highway, Tomson

ISBN 10

0385258801

ISBN 13

9780385258807

Tags

Cultural Heritage, Cree Indians, Indians of North America, Brothers, Manitoba, French-Canadian literature, Canada, Canadian fiction

Abstract

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.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tomson Highway
ISBN: 9780385258807 0385258801
OCLC Number: 1057740784
Description: 310 pages ; 21 cm
Responsibility: Tomson Highway.

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