ANTHROP 3Y03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Foregone Conclusion, Slavery Among The Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, Temagami

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 3Y03
• Professor: Wayne Warry

Document Summary

January 31, 2014: the charge of manslaughter : disease and death, 1879-1946. John s. milloy is a professor in the departments of native studies and history, and master of peter robinson college, trent university, peterborough, ontario. The chapter we are reading is from his book, a national crime: the canadian government and residential school system, 1879-1986 which was published in 1999. From the very beginning of the residential school system there was a blatant disregard for the basic care and well-being of students. The canadian government"s persistent underfunding of the program resulted in poorly constructed schools that were also inadequately maintained throughout their existence. The ability of the schools to complete their mission of parenting and civilizing children were undermined because close to half of children that went through the system died as a result of unnecessary exposure to tuberculosis.