Why is this news? Everyone knows that the terrible plagues before antibiotics devastated aboriginal children. Sure that is tragic, but no reason to stir up further hatred against whites and Catholics. We knew that many were buried by schools, perhaps to avoid spreading the diseases further. There is no evidence that RS students died at a greater rate than other aboriginal children of the time.
Why is this news? Everyone knows that the terrible plagues before antibiotics devastated aboriginal children. Sure that is tragic, but no reason to stir up further hatred against whites and Catholics. We knew that many were buried by schools, perhaps to avoid spreading the diseases further. There is no evidence that RS students died at a greater rate than other aboriginal children of the time.