The Lonely Death of an Ojibway Boy

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The Lonely Death of an Ojibway Boy

On the sunny afternoon of October 16, 1966, just a few weeks into the school year, 12-year-old Charlie (aka “Chanie”) Wenjack was enjoying himself on the swings in the playground at the back of Cecilia Jeffrey (CJ) Indian Residential School in northwestern Ontario. Seven days later, his lifeless body was found lying beside the railway tracks about 70 kilometres east of the Ontario–Manitoba border.Today, Charlie Wenjack is the most famous Residen…