((( Brantford museum honours Onkwehon:we warrior allies ))): The Canadian Military Heritage Museum in Brantford has a great display section dedicated to the Onkwehon:we allied Warriors from the American Revolution to todays Warriors in uniform around the world. Rick Shaver, chair of the museum is heavily viewed by non-Native visitors and school children. First Nations contributed very heavily in all wars, says Shaver. Take the Brants for instance. They had 18 direct descendants of Joseph Brant in the First World War alone. Indians were not to be conscripted [not allowed because of Racism] in those days but despite that , more Onkwehon:we young men and women signed up to defend their Two Row Wampun allies by volunteering. [ the main reasons our peoples signed up, or volunteered to fight was because of the racist policies in place at those times - being confined to a Reserve, and the constant obstacles that were blatantly put in their way to prevent them from being successful and showing the public that the Europeans were in fact not superior to our Peoples as they pathetically taught their young. More important than that even is the fact that our Peoples in every Nation of Indigenous Peoples has Warrior blood flowing through them. It is genetically there and passed down, just as the Stories and Traditions are]. Shaver goes on to say I dont know the percentage, says Shaver, BUT per-capita, they had by far, more people in the military than any other nation. There was an entire battalion in the First World War, the 114th, Brock Rangers, based in Cayuga. - Two Row Times, Nov.6 Issue.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:36:17 +0000
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