Heritage Chats - Indigenous People and the "Good War" - Chilliwack Museum

Heritage Chats - Indigenous People and the "Good War": The Indigenous Experience during the Second World War

Time & Location
Mar 07, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Chilliwack Museum, 45820 Spadina Ave, Chilliwack, BC V2P 1T3, Canada

About the event
The Second World War is largely remembered in Canada as the 'Good War', a nostalgic and often simplified narrative of the country's war experience. But what happens to wartime stories that don't mesh with the dominant collective memory? For the most part, they are forced to the margins or forgotten. Such was the case for Indigenous people's war service and home front contributions during the Second World War. Only in the last few decades have Canadians begun to listen to the stories of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people about their war experiences, raising the profile of the service and sacrifice of Indigenous veterans, addressing their grievances over unequal access to veterans' benefits, and challenging the boundaries of the 'Good War'.