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Tomson Highway
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Born
December 6
,
1951
·
Brochet, Manitoba, Canada
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Tomson Highway was born on December 6, 1951 in Brochet, Manitoba, Canada. He is a writer and composer, known for
Chaakapesh (2019)
,
Symposium: Ladder of Love (1996)
and
Tomson Highway: Thank You for the Love You Gave (1997)
.
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Cree was the only language spoken among his family, and he only became fluent in English in his teens.
Father, Joe Highway, was a trapper and fisherman, and a legendary dog-sled racer.
For the first six years of his life he lived a traditional nomadic lifestyle in the remote forests and lakes of northwestern Manitoba.
Graduated from Churchill Highschool in Winnipeg, where he stayed with a number of white foster families,in 1970.
Sent to a Roman Catholic residential school at the age of six. He stayed there until age fifteen.
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