Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life (CPS)

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James Daschuk examines the roles that Old World diseases, climate, and Canadian politics -- the politics of ethnocide -- played in the deaths and subjugation of thousands of aboriginal people in the realization of Sir John A. Macdonald's "National Dream."

subjects: Indians of North America,  History,  Diseases,  Health and hygiene,  Government relations,  Colonization,  Health aspects,  Ethnic relations,  Indiens d'Amérique,  Histoire,  Maladies,  Santé et hygiène,  Relations avec l'État,  Canada (Ouest),  Colonisation,  Aspect sanitaire,  Relations interethniques,  Indians of north america, canada,  Indians of north america, health and hygiene,  Indians of north america, government relations,  Canada, ethnic relations,  Indians,  North American Indians,  Health Status,  Disease Outbreaks,  Communicable Diseases,  Population Dynamics,  Colonialism,  First Nations,  General,  Ethnische Beziehungen,  Gesundheit,  Indianer,  Indianerpolitik,  Kolonisation,  Sozialer Wandel,  Ethnozid,  Krankheit,  Hunger,  Indians of north america, history,  Indians of north america, politics and government,  Canada, western, history