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This book is dedicated to the more than 50,000 children whodied in “Indian residential schools” operated jointly by thegovernment of Canada and the Roman Catholic, Anglicanand United Church of Canada – and to those who continueto suffer and die from the consequences of these crimes.Any part of this book may be reproduced, photocopied,recorded or transmitted for non-commercial purposes,provided that acknowledgment is made of its author.For more information about the author or this work’ssponsoring organizations, or to order copies, please see thesesites:www.hiddenfromhistory.org http://canadiangenocide.nativeweb.org Or contact the author at:hiddenfromhistory
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Published on Occupied Territory of the SquamishIndigenous NationSeptember, 2010
In Memoriam..................................................................................................................................6Author’s Note.................................................................................................................................7Preamble..........................................................................................................................................9
Part One:
A Chronology of the Crime: Genocide in Canada in the Modern Era.................................12Introduction: What is Genocide and from where does it come?..........................................24Genocide as a Religious Ideal: Christendom in Practice........................................................31Christian Genocide in the New World and Canada...............................................................34Genocide in Canada in the Modern Era...................................................................................44Legitimizing the Crime by Re-Defining it: Sabotage at the United Nations.......................48Taking Action: International versus Sovereign Justice..........................................................52
Part Two:
Evidence of Intentional Genocide and other Crimes at Indian Residential Schools andHospitals in Canada, according to the Original Definition and Criteria of Genocideestablished by Raphael Lemkin (1944).....................................................................................56A Long View of Genocide, and its Evidence within Canada................................................57The First Definition: A Philosophy of Sanctioned Conquest and Extermination..............58The Second Definition: The plan to deliberately imprison and destroy IndigenousNations within Indian Residential Schools..............................................................................59A.
The issue of Intentionality.............................................................................................59B.
Assaulting, De-humanizing and Killing Indians.......................................................68
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Homicide in Indian residential schools...........................................................................
78Deliberate Exposure to Diseases...................................................................................88
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Imposing Measures to Prevent Births and Procreation..............................................
102Sterilizations..................................................................................................................102Murder of Newborns and Forced Abortions............................................................108Segregation and “Breeding Out” Practices...............................................................110The Eugenics Imperative.............................................................................................111Eugenics against Native People Today.....................................................................114Missing People..............................................................................................................120
3. Forcibly Transferring Children from One Group to Another...................................
128