Chanie Wenjack

Chanie Wenjack
Personal Details
Nicknames	Charlie
Born	19 January 1954
Died	23 October 1966
Nationality	Marten Falls First Nation

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. Wenjack was portrayed by Davin Bomberry.

Links

• Chanie Wenjack on Wikipedia
• Chanie Wenjack on the Canadian Encyclopedia