Archaeologist’s Claims Of Genocide and Neglect at Residential Schools Easily Debunked

Highly published retired University of Manitoba historian Gerry Bowler is a Senior Fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. In the piece re-posted on the other side of the paywall, he carefully and skillfully debunks the assertions made in a National Post piece written by an archaeologist whose lack of knowledge of or disdain for his own discipline were clearly revealed.

According to Bowler:

In a recent National Post commentary titled The reality of Indian Residential Schools was neglect and abuse, archaeologist Paul Racher criticizes those who dismiss the term “genocide” in relation to the Indian Residential Schools system as an exaggeration. However, the arguments he presents to support his claim only serve to demonstrate that the abuses he mentions fall light-years short of proving his point.

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Please read Bowler’s intelligent rejoinder to find out why Racher was so wrong.