"Our Hearts and Brains Are Like Paper, We Never Forget": Indigenous Petitioning and the World Wars.
Indigenous veterans have been celebrated for their achievements in the two world wars, adding needed texture to Canada's half-century at war. However, Indigenous peoples on the home front have remained periphery to the study of Indigenous peoples' experiences of the world wars, leaving veterans and...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Historical Review Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25 |
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University of Toronto Press
Mar2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=162761500&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 162761500 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00083755 CHR jtl: Canadian Historical Review issn: 00083755 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Mar2023 vid: 104 iid: 1 pid: 678 pub: University of Toronto Press artinfo: ui: 162761500 10.3138/chr-2021-0021 ppf: 1 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 543KB tig: atl: "Our Hearts and Brains Are Like Paper, We Never Forget": Indigenous Petitioning and the World Wars. aug: au: Clarke, Timothy affil: Independent Scholar, Barrie, Ontario, Canada su: World War I World War II Canadian history Indigenous Canadians Imperialism Indigenous rights Petitions sug: subj: World War I World War II Canadian history Indigenous Canadians Imperialism Indigenous rights Petitions keyword: conscription First World War Indigenous peoples resistance Second World War settler colonialism treaty Autochtones colonialisme de peuplement Première Guerre mondiale résistance Seconde Guerre mondiale traité ab: Indigenous veterans have been celebrated for their achievements in the two world wars, adding needed texture to Canada's half-century at war. However, Indigenous peoples on the home front have remained periphery to the study of Indigenous peoples' experiences of the world wars, leaving veterans and military eligible men as the main protagonists in the story. Those individuals left on reserve experienced the conditions of war, the mobilization of the Canadian state for war, and the enlistment of Indigenous men into the army differently than enlisted men. Analyzing Indigenous petitioners' political advocacy during the First World War and the Second World War offers a more textured and complex representation of Indigenous peoples' experiences during the world wars. By negotiating their place within the settler Canadian state, while also clearly defining their sovereignty and distinct political cultures, Indigenous peoples remained active participants in the political arena during the period from 1914 to 1945. Rather than "awakening" politically on the return of veterans in response to broken promises, Indigenous peoples on the home front deployed and evolved existing political tools and strategies to articulate their responses to wartime policy. Les anciens combattants autochtones ont été salués pour leurs réalisations durant les deux guerres mondiales, un nécessaire ajout au discours sur la participation du Canada à la guerre pendant un demi-siècle. Les Autochtones demeurés au pays sont cependant restés en marge des études sur l'expérience vécue par les Autochtones au cours des guerres mondiales, les anciens combattants et les hommes admissibles au service militaire demeurant les protagonistes du récit. Or les personnes restées dans les réserves ont vécu la situation de guerre, la mobilisation décrétée par l'État canadien et l'enrôlement des hommes autochtones dans l'armée différemment des hommes enrôlés. L'analyse du plaidoyer politique des pétitionnaires autochtones pendant la Première et la Seconde Guerre mondiale étoffe et complexifie l'image de ce qu'ont vécu les Autochtones pendant les guerres mondiales. En négociant leur place au sein de l'État colonisateur canadien, tout en définissant clairement leur souveraineté et leur culture politique distincte, les Autochtones ont continué de participer activement à la vie politique entre 1914 et 1945. Plutôt que de se « réveiller » politiquement au retour des anciens combattants en réaction à des promesses trahies, les Autochtones restés au pays se sont servis des stratégies et des outils politiques existants et les ont améliorés pour exprimer leurs réactions aux politiques des temps de guerre. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Canadian Historical Review is the property of University of Toronto Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Canadian Historical Review holder: University of Toronto Press dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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