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"They should vanish into thin air... and give no trouble" : Canadian Aboriginal veterans of world wars
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| title: | "They should vanish into thin air... and give no trouble" : Canadian Aboriginal veterans of world wars |
| author: | Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek Magdalena 
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| journal title: | Journal of Military and Strategic Studies |
| volume: | 19 |
| issue: | 2 |
| date of publication : | 2018 |
| pages: | 115-136 |
| eISSN: |
1488-559X |
| URL: | |
| date accessed: |
2019-02-08 |
| notes: | Bibliogr. s. 132-136 |
| language: | English |
| journal language: | English |
| abstract in English: | The article presents how the introduction of the Pensions Act and Soldier Settlement Actduring the First World War and a comprehensive Veterans' Charterduring the Second World War helped Canada to solve many veteran re-establishment problems. Thanks to these relatively far-reaching and efficient systems of care for the returning soldiers, the vast majority of Canadian ex-servicemen were offered retraining courses, employment and educational possibilities, land grants, and disability pensions. Canadian Aboriginal ex-service personnel were exceptions to this rule, however, and received inequitable treatment. This article explores the reasons why most Aboriginal soldiers were deprived of opportunities and possibilities to make their own, informed, rational decisions about reintegration into civilian society upon return to Canada. Furthermore, it shows how (after the initial months of post-war appreciation) the majority of First-Nations veterans were forced to accept their inferior status, Indian Act restrictions, and the omnipotence of Indian agents. |
| number of pulisher's sheets: | 1,2 |
| affiliation: | Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych : Instytut Amerykanistyki i Studiów Polonijnych |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | review article |
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Projekt „Repozytorium otwartego dostępu do dorobku naukowego i dydaktycznego UJ” współfinansowany w ramach poddziałania 2.3.1 „Cyfrowe udostępnianie zasobów nauki” Programu Operacyjnego Polska Cyfrowa z Europejskiego Funduszu Rozwoju Regionalnego i budżetu państwa na podstawie umowy o dofinansowanie nr POPC.02.03.01-00-0030/17-00
