{"id":1355,"date":"2021-11-11T13:53:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T21:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T21:59:10","slug":"indigenous-veterans-day-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/indigenous-veterans-day-remembrance-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Veterans Day &#038; Remembrance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1359\" style=\"width: 166px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1359\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1359 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/files\/2021\/11\/Tommy_Prince_Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"206\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tommy Prince<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week we have had many conversations around Indigenous Veterans Day (Nov. 8) and Remembrance Day (Nov. 11). We unpacked why citizens sign up to fight for their country, why countries enter into wars and some of the positive and negative stereotypes our society has of soldiers. We then learned about the contributions to the Canadian military from different groups of soldiers who, for a very long time, did not receive the recognition they deserved including our Indigenous veterans. We learned about the heroism displayed by Tommy Prince and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/kidscbc2\/the-feed\/the-story-of-canadas-code-talkers\">Cree Code Talkers<\/a> who were instrumental in\u00a0 helping\u00a0 the Allies win the Second World War. Similarly, the contributions by Native American Code Talkers from the Choctaw nation were also crucial in helping to win the First World War. Learn more about them below!\u00a0 As we take some time today to remember the ultimate sacrifice made by our veterans, we must also consider ways we can continue to support them once they have returned home.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Native American Code Talkers Who Helped Win WWI\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OsPVzBXzjqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KN Explains: What is the poppy and why do people wear it for Remembrance Day? | CBC Kids News\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HkfJyOzQWC0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have had many conversations around Indigenous Veterans Day (Nov. 8) and Remembrance Day (Nov. 11). We unpacked why citizens sign up to fight for their country, why countries enter into wars and some of the positive and negative stereotypes our society has of soldiers. We then learned about the contributions to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/indigenous-veterans-day-remembrance-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indigenous Veterans Day &#038; Remembrance Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1363,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/1363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ramend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}