Country of Poxes : Three Germs and the Taking of Territory Metis Shiri Pasternak

Shiri Pasternak

Little Red attacks one of the engineers and is arrested for assault and trespassing on his own lands

Father Baraga

Kate Elliott

2 Foundation Titles The two foundational books provide deeper understanding of the content of the “We Are All Connected” titles

Country of Poxes : Three Germs and the Taking of Territory Metis Shiri PasternakCountry of Poxes is the story of land theft in North America through three diseases: syphilis, smallpox and tuberculosis. These infectious diseases reveal that medical care, widely considered a magnanimous cornerstone of the Canadian state, developed in lockstep with colonial control over Indigenous land and life. Pathogens are storytellers of their time. The 500 year old debate over the origins of syphilis reflects colonial judgments of morality and