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ONTARIO OFF-RESERVE ABORIGINAL
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WWII ABORIGINAL SERVICEWOMEN
ISBN 978-0-9784585-0-8
Although historians have overlooked the WWII Aboriginal experience, there has been some recent interest in documenting the Aboriginal male experience. During WWII, Aboriginal women volunteered from all across Canada, from urban and from rural areas including Reserve communities. There has been absolutely no scholarly writing about the Aboriginal female experience. This book is a beginning to rectify that situation and should be widely available to the public domain in all libraries of Canada.
Often mistaken for people of European descent, the heritage of Aboriginal women remained invisible while they served in Canada’s WWII military as though no one expected to find an enlisted Aboriginal woman. Of the eighteen unrecognized Aboriginal women who participated in this project, fifteen enlisted in the CWAC (Canadian Women’s Army Corps), two in the RCAF WD (Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division) and one in the WRCNS (Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service).
These are their stories, told in their own voices. The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) in partnership with Veterans Affairs Canada is proud to sponsor a reunion of WWII Aboriginal Servicewomen when it honours all Aboriginal servicewomen at a Thunder Bay Gathering, June 4-6, 2008. This book is a fundraiser for the endeavour and autographed copies can be attained for $25 from ONWA, including shipping/handling. Orders of 10 or more receive a 20% discount. Invoices are available. Cheques should be payable to: Ontario Native Women’s Association and mailed to the volunteer below. Your support is most greatly appreciated.
Grace Poulin
136 Ridgecrest Rd
Thunder Bay ON
P7B 7A1
807-344-8860
Email:gracepoulin@tbaytel.net
