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Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

5.0

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A journalistic account of how omnipresent and oppressive the colonial government of Canada and the racist institutions that uphold it are and continue to be for students from remote fly-in communities specifically but the stories here are a microcosm of the nation as a whole, especially as recommendations and calls to action whither away unfunded/ unimplemented. Most important quote for me (a white settler) is: “Cindy Blackstock argues that the group that has always throughout history let indigenous people down is the Canadian public,” and nothing could be closer to the truth. We (the Canadian public) are responsible for the devastating status quo.