Thomas King

:This article is about the Canadian novelist. For the New Zealand politician, see Thomas King (New Zealand).

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Thomas King (born 1943 in Sacramento, California) is a noted Canadian novelist and broadcaster who most often writes about Canada's First Nations and is an outspoken advocate for First Nations causes. His background is Cherokee, German and Greek.

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He moved to Canada in 1980.

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He is currently an English professor at the University of Guelph and lives in Guelph, Ontario. He is also the creator of The Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour, a CBC Radio One series.

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King was chosen to deliver the 2003 Massey Lectures, entitled "The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative." King was the first Aboriginal Massey Lecturer. In the series, King examined the Native experience in oral stories, literature, history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest in order to make sense of North America?s relationship with its Aboriginal peoples.

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Sacramento: Sacramento – a Spanish- and Portuguese-language word meaning "sacrament" – is a common toponym in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....

California: California is a state located on the west coast of the United States. It is the most populous state in the U.S., as well as physically the most diverse, with the highest and the lowest points in the lower 48 states located within 150 miles of each other. If California were an independent nation, it...

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