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The Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs normalizes the deaths of Indigenous children in schools in Canada.

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“Fifty percent of the children who passed through these [Indian Residential] schools did not live to benefit from the education they received” states Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs Duncan Campbell Scott. At the same time, he refuses to close residential schools in Canada.