Using extracts from Tomson Highway’s novel Kiss of the Fur Queen, students will explore many issues relating to Aboriginal people, including spirituality, relationship with the land, family, and determination. The main focus, however, will be on the topic or theme of residential schooling as reflected in this novel and various other types of texts by Aboriginal authors including poets and filmmakers. The film Rabbit-Proof Fence and sections of the novel Three Day Road will also be examined in relation to this topic.