Wilful Neglect

Jane Thomas is a historian and public servant. She lives and works in Milton, Ontario.

• Figures and Table • ixForeword • xiShawn BatiseAcknowledgments • xvAbbreviations • xxiIntroduction • 31 “The promises we have to make to you are not for today only but for tomorrow”: Setting Precedent Through Legislation, Treaties, and Government Practice, 1867–1883 • 252 “There is a ready compliance on their part with regulations”: Assimilation at All Costs Through Civilizing, Christianizing, and Sanitizing the Infected, 1884–1903 • 473 “We are giving the best attention we can to the medical needs of the Indians”: Dr Peter Bryce’s anti-TB Crusade, 1904–1913 • 704 “We have been trying to get off rather cheaply”: Treatment of “Indian Tuberculosis,” 1914–1928 • 1095 “The activities of the medical branch cannot fairly be judged by the visible results”: Vaccine Trials, Pilot Projects, and a New Medical Services Branch, 1929–1937 • 1396 “A comprehensive and progressive program is long overdue”: New Funding and Treatment Facilities, 1938–1945 • 172Conclusion: If Preventable, Why Not Prevented? • 193Afterword • 199Appendix A: Individuals Responsible for the Department of Indian Affairs (1867–1945) • 202Appendix B: Department of Indian Affairs Medical Expenses (1868–1904) • 206Appendix C: Timeline of United Church Mission Hospitals Opened in Canada • 208Appendix D: Canadian Tuberculosis Association Expenses (1902–1945) • 210Appendix E: Department of Indian Affairs Medical Expenses (1905–1945) • 212Notes • 217Bibliography • 271Index • 289

"Wilful Neglect is a diligently researched and compelling study of the federal government's direct involvement in the deaths of thousands of First Nations individuals during the widespread tuberculosis epidemic." Hugh Shewell, Carleton University