This Month in History: Canada and Settler Colonialism
This article was written by Liam Devitt The land that we call ‘Canada’ was not always called so. The history
Read moreThis article was written by Liam Devitt The land that we call ‘Canada’ was not always called so. The history
Read moreThis article was written by Sorcha DeHeer The 1960s are remembered as a decade of turbulence. At once, post-war ideas
Read moreThis Month in History: A Bloody Sacrifice and a Sweet End This article was written by Sorcha DeHeer Like many
Read moreIn a letter dated June 19, 1918, A. Desnomie, an Indigenous soldier wrote: “…as we all say here, we never retire but recoil.” His writings reflect a sense of pride in fighting for England and Canada. Speaking about the other Indigenous soldiers with him, Desnomie notes that they were “all well and ready to get after the Fritz again.” Indigenous soldiers participated in the Great War in comparable numbers to Anglo-European Canadians.
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