Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing Dakota Jakes tells Spirit Bear that

Jakes tells Spirit Bear that school children and residential school survivors will plant the hearts when a big report on residential schools called the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC for short) is shared

community oral history projects

Some of the 32 informants acknowledged in the text include Chief John Arthur Gibson and his wife

and traditional uses

author and co-organizer of the 2002 Aboriginal Policy Research Conference

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing Dakota Jakes tells Spirit Bear thatDry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing is the award winning play by Cree playwright, Tomson Highway. The action is set on the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve and focuses on the lives of seven "Wasy" men and the game of hockey. This fast paced story combines tragedy, comedy and hope. Highway explores contemporary Native Canadian reality in the dominant Canadian society. Recommended for mature readers.