Chanie Wenjack

Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack (19 January 1954 – 23 October 1966) was an Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) First Nations boy who ran away from Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School where he boarded for three years while attending residential school in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. He died of hunger and exposure at Farlane, Ontario while trying to walk 600 km back to his home, Ogoki Post on the Marten Falls Reserve. His ordeal and his death brought attention to the treatment of children in the Canadian Indian Residential School System and following Wenjack's death, an inquest into the matter was ordered by the Government of Canada.
==Popular Culture==
===Appearances===
====Variants====
The following list is of explicit appearances of Chanie Wenjack.
Year	Name 	Appearance	Notes
2016	Chanie Wenjack	
* Heritage Minutes, episode "Chanie Wenjack"	
* The Heritage Minute depicts Wenjack's life at the school and his escape, as well as his death.Heritage Minutes: Chanie Wenjack - Historica Canada - 20 June 2016 - YouTube - Retrieved 1 July 2021
* Wenjack was portrayed by Davin Bomberry.Chanie Wenjack - IMDB - Retrieved 1 July 2021Davin Bomberry - IMDB - Retrieved 1 July 2021
== Links ==
* Chanie Wenjack on Wikipedia
* Chanie Wenjack on the Canadian Encyclopedia
== References ==
Category:Real people
Category:Real First Nations
Category:Real people who died of hunger
Category:Real 1954 births
Category:Real 1966 deaths
Category:Real 20th century births
Category:Real 20th century deaths
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