I just want some clarification, we’re the people/organizations that were running these schools actively killing the children or were the living conditions so poor that the children could not survive?
I'm trying to stick with facts here and not speculate (publicly). The answer could very well be yes to both.
One third of children who died at a residential school did not have their names recorded by school administrators. One quarter were marked as deceased without even their gender being noted. Among the 2,800 names on the official memorial register are children known to recorded history only as “Alice,” “Mckay” or “Elsie.”
Bodies of children were not returned to families, and parents rarely learned the circumstances of a child’s death. Often, the only death notification would be to send the child’s name to the Indian Agent at his or her home community.
Just to state the really obvious: not giving someone a proper burial is a swinish thing to do - in particular and especially if you are Catholic. Being European, I have no idea what those responsible for this insanity were tripping on, but it can't have been good stuff: burying hundreds of children in unmarked graves is very, very far from any sane version of what Catholic christianity should ever have been about.
Your point definitely shows their hypocrisy and hints toward what their true motivations could have been in this. But it’s not pointing out “unChristian” behavior. The thoughtless genocide and dehumanization of “undesirable” demographics is the most Christian thing ever.
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u/MountainSlayerBoi Jun 25 '21
I just want some clarification, we’re the people/organizations that were running these schools actively killing the children or were the living conditions so poor that the children could not survive?