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From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of SEVEN FALLEN FEATHERS, an urgent exploration of the residential school system. It is believed that nearly 20,000 Indigenous children have been lost on Turtle Island: neglected, medically experimented on, abused, murdered. This is one of Canada’s greatest open secrets, an unhealed wound that until recently lay hidden by shame and abandonment. Generations of Indigenous People have known that their family members disappeared, many after being sent to residential schools, “Indian hospitals” and asylums - a coordinated system designed to destroy who First Nations, Métis and Inuit are.

The Knowing by Tanya Talaga

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Support the library's collections by adopting a book! Donate funds to cover the cost of a new book for the library and be the first one to read your selection. You will receive a tax receipt and a book plate will be placed in your book in acknowledgment of your thoughtfulness.

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Support the library's collections by adopting a book! Donate funds to cover the cost of a new book for the library and be the first one to read your selection. You will receive a tax receipt and a book plate will be placed in your book in acknowledgment of your thoughtfulness.

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