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Seven fallen feathers : racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city / Tanya Talaga.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781487002268 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 361 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Anansi, 2017.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 305.897071312 Tal | 31681010267672 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"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." - Baker & Taylor
Exposes the civil rights violations against First Nations people in Thunder Bay, Ontario and how this city has come to represent the troubling relationship between Native Americans and the Canadian government. - Perseus Publishing
The shocking true story of seven young Indigenous students who were found dead in a northern Ontario city over the span of seven years. - Perseus Publishing
Winner, 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Writers' Trust Prize for Political Writing
Winner, 2017 RBC Taylor Prize
Winner, 2017 First Nation Communities Read: Young Adult/Adult
Winner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her work
Finalist, 2017 Hilary Weston Writersâ Trust Prize for NonfictionThe groundbreaking and multiple award-winning national bestseller work about systemic racism, education, the failure of the policing and justice systems, and Indigenous rights by Tanya Talaga.
Over the span of eleven years, seven Indigenous high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They were hundreds of kilometres away from their families, forced to leave home because there was no adequate high school on their reserves. Five were found dead in the rivers surrounding Lake Superior, below a sacred Indigenous site. Using a sweeping narrative focusing on the lives of the students, award-winning author Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest Canadaâs long struggle with human rights violations against Indigenous communities.
