
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 204 - Residential Schools in Canada with Elle Ransom
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The War on Indigent Peoples
In 18 hundred congress, the us. Congress is authorizing 15 thousand dollars annually for these promotions of civilization training among frinklin indians. So they're dedicating that with the intent that it's part of warfare against indigent peoples. And you see that running throughout of letters going back and forth between different founding fathers,. anse that it was much cheaper to do this occultration and land policy then try to gain military victory.
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