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    Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two bars (/ˌpɛɡəˈmæɡəboʊ/ peg-ə-MAG-ə-boh; March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was an Ojibwe soldier, politician and activist in...
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    the Canadian military during World War I, was inspired by Ojibwa Francis Pegahmagabow, the legendary First World War sniper. Joseph Boyden's second novel...
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  • Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifle during the Second World War. 152  Soviet Union Francis Pegahmagabow 1891–1952 1914–1919 An Ojibwe sniper in World War I who is credited...
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    from 1957 to 1968, the first non Labor Party premier since 1932. Francis Pegahmagabow, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's most decorated indigenous...
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    professional ice hockey player and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Francis Pegahmagabow (1891–1956) deadliest sniper in World War I Gary Sabourin (born 1943)...
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    Sound and Seguin. Basil Johnston, historian and cultural essayist Francis Pegahmagabow, the most highly decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian military...
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  • was inspired in part by real-life Indigenous World War I heroes Francis Pegahmagabow and John Shiwak. In addition it seems relevant that Boyden's father...
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    2023) Brian D. McInnes (2016). Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow ISBN 0887558240 Foreword by Waubgeshig Rice. Ed. Warren Cariou, Katherena...
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  • 4:28 8. "A Ghost in the Trenches" Brodén Tommy Johansson · Brodén Francis Pegahmagabow, one of the most decorated Canadian soldiers during World War I,...
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    Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917) August 6 – Francis Pegahmagabow, Canadian military officer (b. 1889) August 12 – Peretz Markish,...
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  • (Akashic Books) Brian D. McInnes Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow (Michigan State University Press) Patrick Phillips Blood at the Root:...
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    in total at Gallipoli, and went on to fight at the Western Front. Francis Pegahmagabow (World War I) – Native Canadian sniper credited with 378 kills, and...
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    Brock Chisholm Joseph Arthur Gregory Henry Norwest Johnson Paudash Francis Pegahmagabow Newfoundland John Shiwak New Zealand Richard Travis United States...
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  • recipient of the Victoria Cross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Francis Pegahmagabow MM** (1891–1952) – the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian...
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  • River. Following this, in 1873, Big Bear clashed with the Métis. Francis Pegahmagabow was the First Nation soldier most highly decorated for bravery in...
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    the most deadly sniper of the war with 378 kills was the Ojibwa Francis Pegahmagabow. Despite orders from the Governor-General not to, Hughes used Defence...
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  • doctor Helen Betty Osborne, Manitoba woman, kidnapped and murdered Francis Pegahmagabow, sniper, Military Medal winner Peter Penashue, politician Tahmoh...
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    (perpetuating the 122nd Battalion, CEF) Arras, 1917 Hill 70 Ypres, 1917 Francis Pegahmagabow MM "Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry,...
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  • Minister 1974 Paul Peel Artist (of the French Academic School) 1937 Francis Pegahmagabow War hero and activist for Native rights 2019 Chief Peguis First Nations...
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  • North-West Europe, 1944–1945 Afghanistan William Merrifield VC MM Francis Pegahmagabow MM Freedom of the city was exercised by The Algonquin Regiment in...
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  • Canadian Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Canadian Contingent. Francis Pegahmagabow was one of the men who voluntarily enlisted in Parry Sound days after...
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  • John Terauds, "New piece of music theatre honours Ojibwe war hero Francis Pegahmagabow". Toronto Star, July 24, 2018. Paul Gessell, "Auschwitz survivor...
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