Chanie Wenjack, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chanie Wenjack

First Nations boy

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1954

Place of Birth: Marten Falls First Nation, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 23-Oct-1966

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack (January 19, 1954 – October 23, 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 (370 mi) 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.