Exemplary Punishment: T.R.L. MacInnes, the Department of Indian Affairs, and Indigenous Executions, 1936–52
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Briggs
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 398-438
Description
Discusses how Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) Secretary (1936-52), Thomas Robert Loftus (T.R.L.) MacInnes created and used racializing narratives to respond to Indigenous peoples’ resistance to assimilation and promoted “Indian executions” as a means to address “the problem.”