Canadian Holocaust
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Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust is the title of a controversial book of nonfiction by Kevin Annett. The book's subtitle is "The Untold Story of the Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples by Church and State in Canada." The book discusses the real and cultural genocide alleged to have occurred in the treatment of Canada's First Nations people by the Canadian government and the state-sanctioned church.
The phrase Canadian Holocaust is used to draw a comparison with the mass genocide of Jewish and other people in World War II. Since the book's publication, the reference has been used in the news media in Canada as a catch-all term for the long history of systematic injustice said to have been practiced against the First Nations people.
There is no relation with the Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association, which is devoted to the events of WW2.
External link
- Hidden from History website (http://canadiangenocide.nativeweb.org/)