10.C2.4

explain some ways in which World War II affected First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and communities in Canada (e.g., with reference to enlistment, military, and post-military experiences; experiences on the home front; the War Measures Act), including how the war changed their lives (e.g., with reference to Indigenous communities that supported the war effort and those that did not; women on the home front; appropriation of reserve lands by the Department of National Defence; the Veterans’ Land Act, 1942; loss of Indian status for enlisted men and their families)