ANGUS: Shannon's Dream

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ANGUS: Shannon's Dream

Summer Sunday Reading Series - Charlie Angus / The Resistance - August 09, 2026

EXCERPT: "Today, I offer you an excerpt from my book "Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada’s Lost Promise and One Girl’s Dream".

It is the story of Shannen Koostachin, a 13-year-old girl from an impoverished First Nation community who launched the largest youth-driven children’s rights movement in Canadian history. . . . ."

[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/sha ... dium=email ]

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WATCH: "Hi-Ho Mistahey!"

Documentary - 2013 - Alanis Obomsawin - 1 h 39 min

EXCERPT: "In this feature-length documentary, Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Shannen’s Dream, a national campaign to provide equitable access to education in safe and suitable schools for First Nations children. Strong participation in this initiative eventually brings Shannen's . . . . "

[ https://www.nfb.ca/film/hi-ho_mistahey_en/ ]

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Teenage Defender of First Nations Rights Becomes Literal Superhero

By Leigh Finke - March 6, 2014 - YES Magazine

QUOTE: "Shannen Koostachin, a teenage activist who died before ever seeing the results of her work, has inspired a new hero in the DC Universe." . . . .

[ https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happ ... -superhero ]