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The Downie & Wenjack Fund On October 15th, 1966, Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year old Anishinaabe boy from Ogoki Post, ran away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario. Chanie escaped from the school with nine others, all of them desperate to reunite with their families, whom they hadn’t seen in several years. One week later, Chanie’s body was found alone beside the railway tracks. Chanie was just 12 years old. This tragic story is just one of the count