Wilful Neglect : The Federal Response to Tuberculosis among First Nations, 1867-1945 Inuktitut traditional stories and practices

traditional stories and practices

cruel punishments were all too common

best known for her prints and etchings depicting Inuit myths and traditional ways of life

and the knowledge they confer

describes many factors  that are attributed to this crisis

Wilful Neglect : The Federal Response to Tuberculosis among First Nations, 1867-1945 Inuktitut traditional stories and practicesJane Thomas is a historian and public servant. Tuberculosis, once a leading cause of death in Europe and North America, was understood to be preventable and even curable by the early twentieth century. Yet despite growing knowledge about the disease and interventions that would slow its spread, tuberculosis deaths among First Nations in Canada remained staggeringly high. Government policies rooted in colonialism exacerbated a tuberculosis epidemic.