1. Some thoughts on John A. Macdonald & famine relief inspired by James Daschuk's brilliant Clearing the Plains: http://www.amazon.ca/Clearing-Plains-Politics-Starvation-Aboriginal/dp/0889772967 …
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10. "...it rotted while the people it was intended to feed fell into a decades-long cycle of malnutrition, suppressed immunity & sickness."
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11. So: Macdonald's policy of clearing the plains involved policies that starved thousands. What are we to make of it?
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@HeerJeet The Daschuk book is a really crucial piece of scholarship. -
@DougSaunders Yeah, it really changed how I understand early Canadian history. - Show replies
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