Starvation of Indigenous Peoples (23 oct. 1878 – 21 août 1883)
Description:
"After his re-election in 1878, Prime Minister John A. MacDonald orchestrated a state-sanctioned famine for Indigenous communities in the Prairies. The hunger, sickness and death that followed this planned starvation allowed for a forced relocation onto and confinement within reserves."Source: Robyn Maynard. Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (2017). Page 32.
*Exact months & days not specified, may be specified in original source of research (see Daschuk 2013)
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
23 oct. 1878
21 août 1883
~ 4 years and 9 months