For King and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War

by Timothy C. Winegard

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887557287
• ISBN13: 9780887557286
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"