Seven fallen feathers : racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city /

Over the span of ten years, seven high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Talaga, Tanya (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2017.
Subjects:	Indigenous peoples > Violence against > Ontario > Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay (Ont.) > Race relations. Indigenous peoples > Ontario > Thunder Bay > Social conditions. Indigenous peoples > Ontario, Northern > Social conditions. Indigenous peoples > Ontario, Northern > Government relations. Indians of North America > Education > Ontario, Northern. Indigenous peoples > Civil rights > Canada. Canada > Race relations.

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Summary:	Over the span of ten years, seven high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest, and struggle with, human rights violations past and present against aboriginal communities.
Physical Description:	361 pages : portrait, maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781487002268 1487002262