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From the War of 1812 to today's peacekeeping duties around the world, thousands of Aboriginal people have dedicated themselves to serving in the Canadian military.
One estimate puts the number of Aboriginal people who served in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War at more than 12,000. The most well-known and remembered among them was Sergeant Thomas George Prince.
Tommy Prince was born in Petersfield, Man. on Oct. 25, 1915 to Henry and Arabella Prince. A member of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Prince was a descendant of Chief Peguis, who in the 1790s led his people from Ontario to a new home in Manitoba. When Peguis converted to the Anglican religion in his sixties, he was given the name William King and declared that his sons were now all princes and would be known by that name.
As a child, Tommy Prince learned to hunt and trap from his father. At age five, he began attending Elkhorn residential school, where he stayed until he was 16. There he joined the army cadets and had the opportunity to demonstrate his skills as a marksman. Those skills served him well during the depression. When money grew short...
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