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Rhoda King
Darryl Kakekayash was viciously attacked and thrown into the McIntyre River in Thunder Bay, Ontario by a group of white men in October of 2008, when he was just 16. Darryl survived the attack. At the suggestion of his principal, he brought his story to the Thunder Bay Police soon after—but it would take years for the police to follow up on Darryl’s story, and they only did so in support of the larger inquest into the deaths of several other Dennis Franklin Cromarty students. Darryl’s story seems to imply that while Thunder Bay Police quickly ruled out foul play in the deaths of five of the book’s titular “seven fallen feathers,” those youths may have been similarly attacked and thrown in the river to die as part of a larger pattern of assaults against Indigenous people.
Darryl Kakekayash Quotes in Seven Fallen Feathers
The Seven Fallen Feathers quotes below are all either spoken by Darryl Kakekayash or refer to Darryl Kakekayash. 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 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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Darryl Kakekayash Quotes in Seven Fallen Feathers
The Seven Fallen Feathers quotes below are all either spoken by Darryl Kakekayash or refer to Darryl Kakekayash. 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 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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