Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

363 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative sad medium-paced

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The shocking true story covered by the Guardian and the New York Times of the seven young Indigenous students who were found dead in a northern Ontario city.In 1966, twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the railway tracks after running...

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