Wilful Neglect : The Federal Response to Tuberculosis among First Nations, 1867-1945 Inuktitut - Provides a methodology to

- Provides a methodology to promote healing and cultural restoration of Indigenous peoples

Bernice (“Birdie”) Meetoos has left her home in northern Alberta to travel to Gibsons

Julius and Minnie Fouts and Charles and Susan Elkhair

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

and the knowledge they confer

Wilful Neglect : The Federal Response to Tuberculosis among First Nations, 1867-1945 Inuktitut - Provides a methodology toJane 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.