Talk:Duncan Campbell Scott

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Interesting article, but I am struck by the lack of supporting references for some statements. While biographical information is adequately supported by the reference to the Canadian Poetry Archives, it is important for assertions made about the residential schools issue to be supported. I was struck by the unreferenced statement about mortality in the schools: "in some cases the mortality rate exceeded fifty percent due to the spread of infectious disease. With a total death toll estimated at 50,000 nearly one half of all the children who attended the schools died." Can anyone provide reliable references for this statistic? Count Vronsky 16:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)