{"id":4814,"date":"2025-11-05T12:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/?page_id=4814"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T19:52:29","slug":"forgotten-indigenous-war-veterans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/forgotten-indigenous-war-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Indigenous War Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4814\" class=\"elementor elementor-4814\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b28ec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61b28ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ec5752 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ec5752\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0517fa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0517fa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Forgotten Indigenous War Veterans<\/h3><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/FB-lead-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/FB-lead-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/FB-lead-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/FB-lead-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/FB-lead-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/FB-lead.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>The contributions of minority groups to Canada\u2019s military history have often been overlooked. 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