While Tomson Highway’s novel The Kiss of the Fur Queen undeniably highlights the differences and, at times, the direct opposition of two distinct cultures, the divide between them, be it moral or aesthetic, remains intentionally difficult to define. Indeed, while the struggle experienced by the Okimasis brothers in determining their own identities within a society where Cree traditions and white popular culture clash is still omnipresent within the text, the presence and particular usage of certain elements enables the narrator to connect, rather than bring judgment upon, the two sides of the brothers’ sense of self. More specifically, the theme of music is recurrent in the novel and, being present in both the familial setting of Eemanapiteepitat
