The Beaver
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zack Flett
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985
Description
Seven line poem by Zack Flett.
Discusses the controversy over whether the British general deliberately distributed blankets infected with smallpox as a method of decimating the population of Delaware, Shawnee, and Mingo Indians surrounding Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania during Pontiac's War.
Using selected correspondence to explore the experiences of Indigenous students at Forest Grove Indian School in Oregon. The primary sources discussed are provided at the end of the article.