Colin Parkinson
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Our official policy was bi-polar, on one had the push was to intergrade them by killing off language and culture, yet on the other hand we isolated them onto reserves which they had to get permission to leave. Very typically Canadian as we could not make up our mind on what we wanted.This was the official policy at the root of the Indian Reservation system, ostensibly copied by South Africa in the implementation of their Homeland system...
I have always believed that Eugenics was a factor in the policy makers. Due to it's connection with Nazism, likley all that was scrubbed, but it was very popular belief with the upper and political class of the day between 1890-1930's. This is my opinion and I can't prove it, but it makes sense to explain the belief and actions/inactions that took place back then.