Tomson Highway

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Cece Hodgson McCauley (1922-2018), Tomson Highway and Aaron Pete – Three Indigenous Risk-Takers

Aaron Pete, Cece Hodgson McCauley, Tomson Highway / /

Honorary Dene chief Cece Hodgson McCauley (1922-2018), Cree writer and musician Tomson Highway and Aaron Pete, Chief of the Chawathil First Nation in British Columbia, were/are Indigenous risk-takers whose points of view are worth further study.

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Tomson Highway – His Memoir Permanent Astonishment and His Time in London, Ontario, Canada, 1975-1978

London, residential schools, Tomson Highway / /

Cree writer and pianist Tomson Highway’s memoir Permanent Astonishment provides many insights into why he is a Canada Indigenous frontrunner. He successfully navigated his way through nine challenging years at a residential school. Then from 1975 to 1978, he got two B.A.’s from Western, coordinated the Festival of Native Music ’78 and became my friend.

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