Starvation of Indigenous Peoples (oct 23, 1878 – aug 21, 1883)
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"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)
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Date:
oct 23, 1878
aug 21, 1883
~ 4 years and 9 months