We should remember past pandemics not just for their own sakes, but to ward off the complacency that can leave our communities vulnerable to, and ravaged by, future epidemics.
The Inuvialuit of the Mackenzie Delta faced desperation. Caribou had dwindled. But Alaskan reindeer held the promise of plenty. And so, in 1929, a few men and a huge herd began the long and arduous trek east. It was more than they bargained for.
Arsenic and no trace. But that all changed when forensic chemist Henry Holmes Croft made Canadian legal history with a pickling jar’s gruesome contents.
Open Book: Janice Forsyth’s book is not so much about rehabilitating Longboat’s own reputation as it is about charting the history of the awards given in his name and the effects they have had for their recipients and other Indigenous people.
