[CliffFletcher]

It’s hardly apologetic to explain how the children died.

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Well actually this is something I’m really interested in.

There is no denying the atrocities committed by the Church and the government nationwide. But in this particular case, there isn’t a lot of detail about what happened to these kids.

If these kids all died of Spanish Flu for instance or if they were all murdered changes the story a quite a bit. An undignified, unmarked mass grave however is still a horrific crime no matter how you slice it.

Why so many children died in Indian Residential schools

... The main killer was disease, particularly tuberculosis. Given their cramped conditions and negligent health practices, residential schools were hotbeds for the spread of TB.

The deadliest years for Indian Residential Schools were from the 1870s to the 1920s. In the first six years after its 1884 opening, for instance, the Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School saw the deaths of more than 40 per cent of its students. Sacred Heart Residential School in Southern Alberta had an annual student death rate of one in 20.

But despite occasional efforts at reform, even as late as the 1940s the death rates within residential schools were up to five times higher than among Canadian children as a whole...

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...ential-schools