For 10 Years At Residential School, He Was Known as No. 73

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For 10 Years At Residential School, He Was Known as No. 73

Documentary photographer Daniella Zalcman shares the story behind her one photo, capturing a First Nations Canadian forced to attend residential school.

via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/06/for-10-years-residential-school-he-was-known-as-no-73/

His name is Mike Pinay. He is a First Nations Canadian who was sent to the Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School in Canada for 10 years between the ages of six and 16. Today, this portrait of Mike is photographer Daniella Zalcman’s one photo: