Winona, a Cree woman born in the early twentieth century, had six children and was then forced by the Indian Agent to go to Edmonton to undergo surgery. What was her surgery for?

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Winona was forced to undergo sterilization, a practice that was part of a broader eugenic policy aimed at Indigenous populations in Canada during the early to mid-20th century. This policy was intended to prevent Indigenous people from having children, based on the belief that they were "unfit" to reproduce.

Winona, a Cree Woman Born in the Early Twentieth Century