Author: P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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"The CF prides itself on being a national institution that reflects and promotes the values of a diverse country. This includes Canada's Aboriginal peoples who have a proud history and tradition of military service extending from the colonial period, through the world wars, to contemporary operations. These historical and contemporary relationships are seldom explored beyond the narrow confines of our own national experience. Yet there have been, and continue to be, parallels in other Indigenous populations with a strong record of military service. The chapters in this pioneering volume contribute to cross-cultural awareness by offering a critical, comparative approach to understanding Aboriginal peoples' military service in Canada and around the world."--Back cover.
Author: Timothy Charles Winegard
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887554180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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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."--Publisher's website.
Author: P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
ISBN: 9780662458760
Category : Anciens combattants indiens d'Amérique
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Author: R. Scott Sheffield
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108424635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
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A transnational history of how Indigenous peoples mobilised en masse to support the war effort on the battlefields and the home fronts.
Author: P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774840021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Base closures, use of airspace for weapons testing and low-level flying, environmental awareness, and Aboriginal land claims have focused attention in recent years on the use of Native lands for military training. But is the military's interest in Aboriginal lands new? Battle Grounds analyzes a century of government-Aboriginal interaction and negotiation to explore how the Canadian military came to use Aboriginal lands for training. It examines what the process reveals about the larger and evolving relationship between governments and Aboriginal communities and how increasing Aboriginal assertiveness and activism have affected the issue.
Author: P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774824549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 657
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The Canadian Rangers stand sentinel in the farthest reaches of our country. For more than six decades, this dedicated group of citizen-soldiers has quietly served as Canada's eyes, ears, and voice in isolated coastal and northern communities. Drawing on official records, interviews, and participation in Ranger exercises, Lackenbauer argues that the organization offers an inexpensive way for Canada to "show the flag" from coast to coast to coast. The Rangers have also laid the foundation for a successful partnership between the modern state and Aboriginal peoples, a partnership rooted in local knowledge and crosscultural understanding.
Author: John Moses
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 85
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Describes Aboriginal warfare: from ancient times, first contact with Europeans, the time of the Riel rebellion, the World Wars, and into the 21st century.
Author: Janice Forsyth
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774824220
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
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Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada uses sport as a lens through which to examine issues such as individual and community health, gender and race relations, culture and colonialism, and self-determination and agency. In this groundbreaking volume, leading scholars offer a multidisciplinary perspective on how unequal power relations influence the ability of Aboriginal people in Canada to implement their own visions for sport. The diverse analyses illuminate how Aboriginal people employ sport as a venue through which to assert their cultural identities and find a positive space for themselves and upcoming generations in contemporary Canadian society.
Author: P. Gayle McKenzie
Publisher: Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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"Our Women in Uniform is a collection of memories from Aboriginal women in the CWAC and RCAF units in Canada during World War II and after the war. These stories tell a part of Aboriginal people's history in Canada."--Couv.
