![]() Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City is one of those books I wish didn’t exist but am so grateful it does. She lives in Toronto with her two teenage children. Her mother was raised in Raith and Graham, Ontario. Her grandmother is a member of Fort William First Nation. Her great-grandfather, Russell Bowen, was an Ojibwe trapper and labourer. Her great-grandmother, Liz Gauthier, was a residential school survivor. Talaga is of Polish and Indigenous descent. She was also named the 2017–2018 Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy. For more than twenty years she has been a journalist at the Toronto Star, and has been nominated five times for the Michener Award in public service journalism. The book was also a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Nonfiction Prize and the BC National Award for Nonfiction, and it was CBC’s Nonfiction Book of the Year, a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book, and a national bestseller. Her 2017 book, Seven Fallen Feathers, won the RBC Taylor Prize, the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, and First Nation Communities Read: Young Adult/Adult. ![]() Tanya Talaga is an Anishinaabe Canadian journalist and author. Using a sweeping narrative focusing on the lives of the students, award-winning investigative journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this small northern city that has come to manifest Canada’s long struggle with human rights violations against Indigenous communities. Reggie Bushie’s death finally prompted an inquest, seven years after the discovery of Jethro Anderson, the first boy whose body was found in the water. Robyn Harper died in her boarding-house hallway and Paul Panacheese inexplicably collapsed on his kitchen floor. The body of celebrated artist Norval Morrisseau’s grandson, Kyle, was pulled from a river, as was Curran Strang’s. Jordan Wabasse, a gentle boy and star hockey player, disappeared into the minus twenty degrees Celsius night. Five were found dead in the rivers surrounding Lake Superior, below a sacred Indigenous site. The seven were hundreds of miles away from their families, forced to leave home and live in a foreign and unwelcoming city. More than a quarter of a century later, from 2000 to 2011, seven Indigenous high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. ![]() None of those recommendations were applied. An inquest was called and four recommendations were made to prevent another tragedy. Contact Group Sales to assist you with booking, planning and implementing your next business event.In 1966, twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the railway tracks after running away from residential school. Then, for those Business-minded folks, Seven Feathers Casino Resort offers 25,000 square feet of contiguous meeting space. There is something for every taste bud or appetite. ![]() Be sure to check out the Resorts’ 7 restaurants with their varied menus. The Hotel amenities host 300 guest rooms, a beautiful guest reception area and lobby, wonderful concierge and valet services, the Kabi Café, indoor pool, fitness center, the River Rock Spa- a full service spa, an Arcade, Gift Gallery, and a business center. Experience the thrill of Nevada-style gaming, or other entertainment such as some of the most notable comedy entertainment, music genres and sporting events in the area. The amenities allow you to enjoy a premier resort experience. Seven Feathers Casino Resort is a place where service is delivered by the friendliest people on earth in a location of outstanding natural beauty.
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