First Nations Contributions to World War I

A person registered under the Indian Act who belongs to a First Nation.

• Status Indian
• Conscription
• Enfranchisement
• Indian Act
• Inuit

Mandatory military service.

• Conscription
• Enfranchisement
• Indian Act
• Inuit
• Metis

The process of enlisting people for military service.

• Recruitment
• Conscription
• Enfranchisement
• Indian Act
• Inuit

Federal legislation that governs matters pertaining to Indian Status, bands, and reserves.

• Indian Act
• Conscription
• Enfranchisement
• Inuit
• Metis

People of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry

• Metis
• Conscription
• Enfranchisement
• Indian Act
• Inuit

Indigenous people of Arctic Canada, not covered by the Indian Act.

• Inuit
• Conscription
• Enfranchisement
• Indian Act
• Metis

The process of giving up Indian Status to gain full Canadian citizenship rights, often involuntarily.

• Enfranchisement
• Conscription
• Indian Act
• Inuit
• Metis

People who identify as Indian or First Nation but are not registered under the Indian Act.

• Non-Status Indian
• Conscription
• Enfranchisement
• Indian Act
• Inuit