Thomson Highway Biography (1951-)

Some sources spell the given name "Tomson;" born in 1951, in Brochet Reserve,Manitoba, Canada; parents involved in fishing and trapping trades. Ethnicity: Native Peoples. Addresses: Office--c/o Native Earth Performing Arts,720 Bathurst St., Suite 302, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2R4.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

1951

Brochet Reserve, Manitoba, Canada

Famous Works

• Writings;Stage Plays
• The Sage, the Dancer, and the Fool, Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1989.
• The Red Brothers, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto, 1989, published as DryLips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Fifth House (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada), 1989.
• The Rez Sisters: A Play in Two Acts, American Indian Community House, then New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, both 1993, published by Fifth House, 1988.
• Dramatic work represented in anthologies, including All My Relations: AnAnthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Fiction, edited by Thomas King, University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, OK), 1992.

Further Reference

Books:

• King, Thomas, editor, All My Relations: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Fiction, University of Oklahoma Press (Norman), 1992.
• Malinowski, Sharon, editor, Notable Native Americans, Gale (Detroit), 1995.
• Petrone, Penny, editor, Native Literature in Canada: From the Oral Tradition to the Present, Oxford University Press (Toronto), 1991.

Periodicals:

• New York Times, January 9, 1994, p. 5, 28.