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The government rejected Bryce's life-saving recommendations.

In response, #IndianAffairs superintendent #DuncanCampbellScott wrote that if the schools were to run at all, "we must face the fact that a large number of the #pupils will #suffer from #tuberculosis in some of its various forms."

This 1948 #book contains #biographies of #Canadian #poets (we have many of their #books on our #website!). Free #oldbooksmell! $25. #Booksky #poetry #WilliamHenryDrummond #WilsonMacDonald #CharlesGDRoberts #KatherineHale #DuncanCampbellScott #WilfredCampbell #BlissCarman

In his nearly two decades with the #Canadian #DepartmentofIndianAffairs, #DuncanCampbellScott set in motion actions that would ruin the lives of thousands of #FirstNations people by making #ResidentialSchools compulsory. I wish he'd stuck to writing #poems. $50. #Booksky #genocide