The soldiers Canada almost forgot – a spotlight on Indigenous war heroes – SaskToday.ca

Stories of how the Indigenous peoples of Canada aided during the Great Wars.

Many Canadian men and women volunteered their names and lives to serve during the two devastating world wars and the Korean War, and more than 7,000 soldiers were Indigenous, according to the Government of Canada.

Over a century after the First World War, the stories of Indigenous men and women who took up arms for Canada — from skilled hunters turned snipers to Cree code talkers who baffled enemy forces — continue to reveal a legacy of courage, sacrifice and resilience that shaped the nation’s military history.

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