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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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🪶 Seven Fallen Feathers 🪶
I am speechless after reading this book. I won’t pretend that I haven’t been completely ignorant about a lot of the more recent history of First Nations people….but following a trip to Canada and being exposed to some of it via museums, I wanted to know more.
This book was recommended by the lovely booksellers at @ - after I asked if they knew of any interesting books by indigenous/First Nations authors from Canada. They said this was one of the best ones. And they were not lying. This book hurt to read, I had no idea about how awful and how recent some of the events it covers were. It was by no means a pleasurable read…but I am so glad to have read it.
Tanya Talaga predominantly focuses on the auspicious and unexplained deaths of seven indigenous high school students. All went missing. All were found too late, and all hundreds of kilometres from their families - sent to the closest “best” school to give them a chance at a better future. Talaga utilises these heartbreaking events to further explore wider problems including the impact of residential schools, the failures of the Canadian government, institutional and overt racism, lack of potable water, and minimal funding for schools and support for indigenous communities. These are important and historically overlooked issues, explored and presented in a blunt, unapologetic and revealing way. I think this is the most context I’ve ever received about historical and current events in relation to Canada’s First Nations.
Incredibly important read. Only note is that I’d caution people to look into tws for the book before reading as there is a lot of talk about suicide
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
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To understand what you are in for when reading this book, you only need to pick it up and feel how heavy the book is physically.
I’m heartbroken and left wanting after reading this book.
I’m heartbroken and left wanting after reading this book.
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This is heavy reading, but also written well enough that I just seemed to tumble through it.
I had listened to a series on Thunder Bay by the Canadaland podcast some years ago when it came out and I think that knowledge was a good companion to what I learned here.
It is easy to recommend this book. I think too many people are just unaware of the serious problems Canada is refusing to face or handling terribly. It will very likely make you angry or cry or both, but it's important to know.
I had listened to a series on Thunder Bay by the Canadaland podcast some years ago when it came out and I think that knowledge was a good companion to what I learned here.
It is easy to recommend this book. I think too many people are just unaware of the serious problems Canada is refusing to face or handling terribly. It will very likely make you angry or cry or both, but it's important to know.
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
