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- 5. The Yukon community whose Chief Moses walked into Alaska to sell winter furs and donated the money to war relief efforts.
- 6. Recognizing Indigenous veterans’ service is part of our journey toward ______.
- 9. Many were denied land benefits and other forms of ______ offered to non-Indigenous soldiers.
- 10. Joining the military meant losing Indian status because of the policy called ______.
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- 1. The first province to officially recognize Aboriginal Veterans Day in 1994.
- 2. Twenty Indigenous veterans were honoured near ______ Beach in France on the 61st anniversary of D-Day.
- 3. After returning home, many Indigenous soldiers faced ______ instead of appreciation.
- 4. Less than five years after the Second World War, several hundred Indigenous Canadians served in the War in ______.
- 5. The National Aboriginal Veterans Monument is located in the city of __________
- 7. Despite many decades of ______ caused by life on reserves and restrictive government policies, Indigenous communities still contributed to war funds.
- 8. Indigenous communities raised and ______ over $44,000 during the First World War and more than $23,500 during the Second.