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Curran Strang was one of the titular “seven fallen feathers,” a student at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, Ontario who went missing in the fall of 2005, at 18 years old. Curran had been struggling in school, abusing alcohol, and facing disciplinary action at DFC for months—but the underfunded and overstretched NNEC could not “catch” Curran and save him from a downward spiral. On September 22, Curran disappeared—and while friends reported that Curran had passed out drunk near one of the city’s rivers, the police immediately dismissed Curran as a “runaway.” On September 26, Curran’s body was found in the McIntyre River; police never investigated his death as anything other than an accidental drowning. Again, the Thunder Bay Police’s obvious disinterest in determining the facts surrounding Curran’s suspicious death indicate how centuries of racism, apathy, and cultural genocide on the part of white Canadians continue to impact Indigenous communities across the nation.
Curran Strang Quotes in Seven Fallen Feathers
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Chapter 4: Hurting from the Before
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Curran Strang's body was found in the Mclntyre River on September 26, 2005. The Ontario Coroner's Office officially listed his death as accidental, having determined the cause of death was by drowning. Authorities believe he decided to head into the water, alone, on a cold September night. Just like Jethro Anderson, who was afraid of the water.
There is absolutely no evidence that either Jethro or Curran ended up in the river of their own accord.
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Chapter 9: Less Than Worthy Victims
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After the attack on Darryl Kakekayash, Alvin and Julian saw a clear and disturbing pattern. They could not help but wonder if First Nations kids were being targeted and murdered. It was extremely rare to hear of Indigenous kids drowning on their reserves. Most First Nations people were born and raised on the water. Equally perplexing was how quickly the Thunder Bay Police wrote off investigations into the deaths. For Jethro, Curran, Reggie, and Kyle, police had issued press releases that came to the same conclusion: foul play was not suspected. Each of the deaths was classified as accidental: death by drinking too much and then drowning. To Thunder Bay Police, no one was readily responsible for the deaths of the students.
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Curran Strang Quotes in Seven Fallen Feathers
The Seven Fallen Feathers quotes below are all either spoken by Curran Strang or refer to Curran Strang. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4: Hurting from the Before
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Curran Strang's body was found in the Mclntyre River on September 26, 2005. The Ontario Coroner's Office officially listed his death as accidental, having determined the cause of death was by drowning. Authorities believe he decided to head into the water, alone, on a cold September night. Just like Jethro Anderson, who was afraid of the water.
There is absolutely no evidence that either Jethro or Curran ended up in the river of their own accord.
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Chapter 9: Less Than Worthy Victims
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After the attack on Darryl Kakekayash, Alvin and Julian saw a clear and disturbing pattern. They could not help but wonder if First Nations kids were being targeted and murdered. It was extremely rare to hear of Indigenous kids drowning on their reserves. Most First Nations people were born and raised on the water. Equally perplexing was how quickly the Thunder Bay Police wrote off investigations into the deaths. For Jethro, Curran, Reggie, and Kyle, police had issued press releases that came to the same conclusion: foul play was not suspected. Each of the deaths was classified as accidental: death by drinking too much and then drowning. To Thunder Bay Police, no one was readily responsible for the deaths of the students.
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