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> The Kamloops school operated between 1890 and 1969. I was going to querry what the estimated amount of dead children there would be as baseline, but the scho
by rightbyte 5y ago
> The Kamloops school operated between 1890 and 1969.
I was going to querry what the estimated amount of dead children there would be as baseline, but the school operated way later then I anticipated and for a shorter time. So 500 pupils and two die every year if uniform, but I guess the deaths were weighted heavely to the beginning. Sounds like a really bad environment for the time, right? The spannish flu surely didn't kill half the school?
- 99_00 5y agoIt was most definitely a bad environment. Children were essentially kidnapped and forbidden from speaking their language, expressing indigenous identity, and europeanized. It's interesting to know that the people doing this and supporting it thought that they were doing something good for the kids. Remember that when someone with a good intentioned idea that doesn't respect people's humanity speaks up.