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Indigenous Community Recruitment
Around August 1914 and December 1915, there weren't many first nations recruited for world war one because the government was hesitant due to believing that the Germans would not provide them civilized warfare but that didn't last long due to 200 first nations being able to enlist. -
Francis Pegahmagabow
Francis is the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) chief, indigenous rights advocate and war hero that was one of the highly decorated indigenous people in Canada during world war I and he became a vocal advocate for indigenous rights and self-determination. -
Edith Monture
Edith was the first indigenous woman to be a nurse in the first world war and also has the right to vote in the election. She's the first indigenous woman that served in the United States army. Because of all these achievements she has a street and a park to her name. -
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Home front
During the home front, Inuits, Metis and first nations experienced a lot and people helped in charitable ways in that time as well as the king, British empire and the national war efforts and this created a great opportunity that was war related work and many abnormal people took it on enthusiastically. -
The end of world war I
When the war ended, the indigenous veterans thought they'd be coming back to a better world and they were disappointed because even though the war didn't change their social and economical status and they were already veterans, they were really shut out of the privileges that the other veterans received. -
Indigenous community right to vote
Around world war one was when it was allowed that first nation men and women that served in war were eligible to vote.(First Nations peoples and the right to vote case study) but some had to give up their identity and status for them to become a citizen and have the right to vote. -
Duncan Campbell Scott
Duncan Campbell Scott was an amazing poet with great literature that was made of "precious imagery and transitioned smoothly between traditional and modern style" but his work was overshadowed by his role as the deputy superintendent of the department of Indian affairs. He expanded residential schools and was a reason the Indians lost their land and rights. -
A National Crime
Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce documented all the facts about residential schools and how it was hurting children so much in a book and that was opposing the Canadian government because he witnessed all the suffering of the Indians and wanted to share it with all canada. -
Indian citizenship act
As the first world war ended, the native Americans had been granted Americas citizenship but still the indigenous Americans had not been recognized so it was decided that it was only fair if the Indians were declared citizens so the congress passed the Indian citizenship act. -
birth of Kenojuak Ashevak
She is the companion of the Order of Canada and winner of generals Awards in visual and Media arts and best Inuit artist because of her famous print The Enchanted Owl (1960) and she was the first woman to be involved with printmaking at shop Cape Dorset.