| While there is some anecdotal reporting on Aboriginal involvement, current scholars on WWII have overlooked the Indigenous experience both in combat and on the homefront when examining the 'national' experience. However, in recent years, due to more Native history being written, there is some new research on Aboriginal peoples in WWII, but mainly the Aboriginal male experience. There is practically nothing written about the Aboriginal female experience. Where are their voices? What are their stories? The objective of this research is to record, share, and analyze the stories and experiences of Aboriginal servicewomen in Canada's WWII. How did their experiences compare to those servicewomen of non-Aboriginal ancestry? Since there was no previous investigation of this topic, there was no foundation upon which to build. This thesis draws on oral histories and some textual/visual documentation to answer these questions. |
