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Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
Tanya Talaga
4.58 AVERAGE
807 reviews for:
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
Tanya Talaga
4.58 AVERAGE
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This book was extremely eye opening and moving! Took me longer than expected to read as I had to take time to 'digest' what was written. As Canadians, we need to recognize and respect our Indigenous neighbours and treat them more like family than foe. This was VERY well written and has encouraged me to learn more. Thank you Tanya Talaga ❤️
Every Canadian should read this book. If you are hoping to expand your knowledge on the modern-day treatment of Indigenous people, this book is it. Tanya Talaga does a fantastic job with her writing of each fallen feather, it's a heartbreaking read, but also an infuriating one because it showcases systemic failures so clearly. These failures are enabled by Canadians in southern cities (including myself) who are sheltered from atrocities and government institutions repeatedly dealing out false and unmet promises.
If you are Canadian, it is important to recognize your privilege and realise the cost with which you have it, this book is a great place to start that.
If you are Canadian, it is important to recognize your privilege and realise the cost with which you have it, this book is a great place to start that.
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This was an incredibly powerful piece of investigative journalism that covers the deaths of seven Indigenous students that died in Thunder Bay, Ontario over the course of 2000 to 2011. Talaga's writing is propulsive and thorough. She explores, humanizes, and honors all of the deceased students that serve as the subjects of this text and writes both plainly and with a restrained acerbic tone. It is troubling to learn of the countless ways in which law enforcement and the Canadian government continue to let down and quite frankly, ignore, the issues around racism, trauma, and death pertaining to Indigenous students in residential schools.
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In light of recent events regarding Canada’s indigenous people, I wanted to learn more. I remember a brief lesson in history classes around residential schools, a glossed over lesson that quickly touched on it. There had to be a different perspective from the one taught in the public school system. This is just one of the books I came across in my search.
Seven fallen feathers is a book I believe every Canadian should read. Through action or inaction, the treatment of Canada’s indigenous people is a black mark on Canadian history and something we should all be ashamed of and yet so many of us are not even aware. As a society we need to do better!
Seven fallen feathers is a book I believe every Canadian should read. Through action or inaction, the treatment of Canada’s indigenous people is a black mark on Canadian history and something we should all be ashamed of and yet so many of us are not even aware. As a society we need to do better!