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For King and Kanata - Canadian Indians and the First World War (Paperback, New)
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For King and Kanata - Canadian Indians and the First World War (Paperback, New)
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The first comprehensive history of the Aboriginal First World War
experience on the battlefield and the home front. When the call to
arms was heard at the outbreak of the First World War, Canada's
First Nations pledged their men and money to the Crown to honour
their long-standing tradition of forming military alliances with
Europeans during times of war, and as a means of resisting cultural
assimilation and attaining equality through shared service and
sacrifice. Initially, the Canadian government rejected these offers
based on the belief that status Indians were unsuited to modern,
civilized warfare. But in 1915, Britain intervened and demanded
Canada actively recruit Indian soldiers to meet the incessant need
for manpower. Thus began the complicated relationships between the
Imperial Colonial and War Offices, the Department of Indian
Affairs, and the Ministry of Militia that would affect every aspect
of the war experience for Canada's Aboriginal soldiers. In his
groundbreaking new book, For King and Kanata, Timothy C. Winegard
reveals how national and international forces directly influenced
the more than 4,000 status Indians who voluntarily served in the
Canadian Expeditionary Force between 1914 and 1919 - a per capita
percentage equal to that of Euro-Canadians - and how subsequent
administrative policies profoundly affected their experiences at
home, on the battlefield, and as returning veterans.
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