For King and Kanata
Subtitle: Canadian Indians and the First World War
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780887557286
Copyright date: 2012
Notes: 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.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: vii; title: Notes on Sources
pagenum: xi; title: Maps, Tables, and Illustrations
pagenum: xiii; title: Preface
pagenum: xv; title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: Chapter 1
title: Indians and the Settler-State Experience
pagenum: 12; label: Chapter 2
title: The Image of the Indian
pagenum: 23; label: Chapter 3
title: Modern Warfare and the Noble Savage
pagenum: 32; label: Chapter 4
title: The Privileges of Civilized Warfare, 1914
pagenum: 41; label: Chapter 5
title: In the Interest of the Indians, 1915-16
pagenum: 54; label: Chapter 6
title: All the King's Men, 1917-18
pagenum: 88; label: Chapter 7
title: Indian Soldiers
pagenum: 110; label: Chapter 8
title: On the Home Front
pagenum: 140; label: Chapter 9
title: Peace and Prejudice
pagenum: 153; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 167; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 170; title: Notes
pagenum: 172; title: Selected Bibliography
pagenum: 202; title: Index
pagenum: 215