Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World WarThis pioneering comparative history of the participation of indigenous peoples of the British Empire in the First World War is based upon archival research in four continents. It provides the first comprehensive examination and comparison of how indigenous peoples of Canada, Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South Africa experienced the Great War. The participation of indigenes was an extension of their ongoing effort to shape and alter their social and political realities, their resistance to cultural assimilation or segregation and their desire to attain equality through service and sacrifice. While the dominions discouraged indigenous participation at the outbreak of war, by late 1915 the imperial government demanded their inclusion to meet the pragmatic need for military manpower. Indigenous peoples responded with patriotism and enthusiasm both on the battlefield and the home front and shared equally in the horrors and burdens of the First World War. |
Contents
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1 Colonization and the settler state | 13 |
2 Racial constructs and martial theories | 34 |
3 Precedents of military pragmatism | 45 |
4 Dominion defence acts | 60 |
5 1914 Subjugated spectators | 68 |
6 19151916 King and country call | 97 |
7 19171918 All the Kings men | 149 |
Other editions - View all
Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War Timothy C. Winegard Limited preview - 2011 |
Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War Timothy C. Winegard No preview available - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal African Native Labour Allen American Indians April Army August Australia Beothuk Boer Borden Botha British Campbell Canada Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Indians Cape casualties Chief Colonial Office coloured combat conscription Corps December Defence Dominion indigenes Duncan Campbell Scott enlistment European Expeditionary Force February fighting France Gallipoli German Glen Campbell Godley Grundlingh half-castes imperial Indian Act Indian Affairs indigenous soldiers Islands January John Shiwak King Labrador land Manitoba Maori Contingent Maori soldiers Memorandum Military Service Act Ministry of Militia NASA Native Affairs native labour contingent Ngati November October ofthe Ojibwa overseas Pakeha PANL Patriotic Pioneer Battalion political population Queensland race racial recruiting reel Reserve SANLC SANNC Saskatchewan Scott September 1914 served settlers Six Nations South Africa South African Native St John’s tion Treaty tribes troops Union units veterans volunteers warriors Western Front World Zulu