Canada: "It Would Be Best To Leave Us Alone": First Nations Responses To The ...

Canada: "It Would Be Best To Leave Us Alone": First Nations Responses To The Canadian War Effort, 1914-18 Robert J. Talbot, 2011   Early histories of the Great War emphasized the more patriotic and enthusiastic contributions of First Nations to the Canadian war effort. Situated in a more recent historiography, the present work applies new anecdotal and statistical evidence to explore the ambivalence and resistance that characterized the wartime responses of countless other First Nations...

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