(quote) (ribka)
can you provide any evidence that the church killed all of these children? Do you know the average infant mortality rates in the tribes and on reservations a 150 years ago, 100 years ago, 50 years ago and today?
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I never said anywhere that any church, protestant or catholic, murdered these children.
I did say that they died in their care, which is true.
And the death rate in these schools was much higher than anywhere else.
When I went to school 50 years ago, I certainly don;t remember a 20% death rate such as was experienced by The Red Deer Residential Indian School.
Hell, I don't even remember any student deaths at all. If a student died back then, at home or otherwise, it would have been a big deal and the principal would have informed us all about it.
The real question is:
Why are you trying so hard to deny that these deaths were appalling?
Why are you trying so hard to suggest that a 20% death rate among students is perfectly normal?
What is your true agenda?
It's only a few members here, such as yourself, that are doing this.
Last edited by saddlegun; 06/03/21.
