Tanya Talaga

Tanya Talaga, the best-selling author of Seven Fallen Feathers and the 2017-2018 Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy, calls attention to an urgent global humanitarian crisis among Indigenous Peoples - youth suicide....

The shocking true story covered by the Guardian and the New York Times of the seven young indigenous students who were found dead in a northern Ontario city....

From Tanya Talaga, the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Seven Fallen Feathers, comes a riveting exploration of her family’s story and a retelling of the history of the country we now call Canada.

Meet Sam Achneepineskum, Tanya’s Elder and someone she credits with helping her to explore her role both as a journalist and as an Anishnaabe kwe who straddles various worlds....

Barbara Kentner’s eventual death after a metal trailer hitch was hurled at her by a passing car reveals deep-seated, racist truths about the city of Thunder Bay, about the country of Canada, and about the dangers of walking down any street as an Indigenous woman or girl....

We meet Lucille Atlookan, a young Indigenous woman from Eabametoong First Nation, and white artist Lora Northway....

In 1974, Anicinabe Park, in the sleepy town of Kenora, Ontario, was occupied by armed First Nations Peoples from across the continent who refused to leave till their demands were met....

Welcome to Dennis Franklin Cromarty, one of two First Nations high schools....

Little did physician Michael Kirlew know that a last-minute residency in Sioux Lookout would lead to 13 years of providing medical care to First Nations People in a town that once had an “Indian Hospital,” a tool of apartheid....

Members of Iskatewizaagegan or Shoal Lake 39 are trying to make an honest city out of Winnipeg....