Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Highway's 1989 "sequel" to The Rez Sisters, offers a contrasting perspective to The Rez Sisters. This play highlights seven men who engage in hockey (instead of bingo), features a female Nanabush, and delves into the dark tragedy that affects their lives.

The Sage, the Dancer, and the Fool is a 1989 play by Highway, created in collaboration with Rene Highway and Bill Merasty. The playwrights showcase Native oral traditions through the use of minimalistic sets.

Barry Lopez's book, Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter: Coyote Builds North America (published by Andrews & McMeel, 1978), is a collection of stories about the Trickster figure in Native cultures. The title refers to "Coyote," an animal form that Nanabush takes in many legends.

They Came Here First: The Epic of the American Indian, written by D'arcy McNickle, is an extensive exploration of the cultural development of Native peoples. McNickle, a Cree novelist, biographer, and ethno-historian, is regarded as the first anthropologist to document Native literature comprehensively.

Many poems in American poet Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems involve characters who encounter death in various forms. Comparing the portrayal of death in her poems with its depiction in The Rez Sisters could be quite intriguing.