“It is readily acknowledged that Indian children lose their natural resistance to illness, by habitating so closely in these schools, and they die at a much higher rate than in their villages. But this alone, does not justify a change in the policy of this department, which is being geared towards the final solution of our Indian problem.
It is quite within the mark to say that 50% of the children who passed through these schools did not live to benefit from the education they received therein.”
Duncan Campbell Scott
Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs
1913-1932
My flag will remain unfurled this Canada Day.