jan 1, 1907 - Health at Residential Schools
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After visiting 35 residential schools, Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce, chief medical officer for Canada’s Department of the Interior and Indian Affairs (1904–21), revealed that Indigenous children were dying at alarming rates. Bryce suggested the mortality rate could be as high as 42 per cent.
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The Lonely Death of Chanie Wenjack
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