Wilful Neglect : The Federal Response to Tuberculosis among First Nations, 1867-1945 Inuktitut cruel punishments were all too

cruel punishments were all too common

and the knowledge they confer

followed by a section on the history of musician healers from ancient Egypt and India

Edible and Medicinal Arctic Plants teaches readers how to reap the benefits of the natural world around them

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

Wilful Neglect : The Federal Response to Tuberculosis among First Nations, 1867-1945 Inuktitut cruel punishments were all tooJane 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.