The Rez Sisters Lesson Plan

The Rez Sisters is part of a body of work by Tomson Highway which includes several other plays, musicals, children's books, a novel, and two opera libretti. Specifically, it is part of an unfinished septology of plays which Highway calls "The Rez Cycle." Some of Tomson's works include: Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, what Highway calls "the flip-side" to The Rez Sisters with seven men and a female Nanabush; Rose, a musical which features The Rez Sisters' Rosabella Baez; Kiss of the Fur Queen, a fictionalized account of Tomson Highway's childhood; The (Post) Mistress, a musical featuring English, French, and Cree lyrics; and the libretto for Pimooteewin, the first opera written in...