ANTH 4730 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Canadian Pacific Railway
13 Aug 2016
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The different indigenous tribes are on the brink of dying out due to starvation. Many of the animals that they use to feed off had gone extinct and the scarcity of meat was taking a toll on the indigenous people. Adding salt to injury, the scarcity of food had many dying because of tuberculosis. Many of the indigenous people had been infected with tb a long while ago, but its conditions did not materialize until many of the tribes became victims of the severe famine (pg. The indigenous people hoped that they would be able to recover from this epidemic, since the canadian government had promised them to provide food supplies in case of a famine. However, the canadian government instead used this opportunity to subjugate the indigenous population. The liberal government treated the indigenous people relatively fairly, as compared to the conservative government.
