{"id":581,"date":"2020-05-07T14:59:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/?p=581"},"modified":"2020-05-07T16:56:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T15:56:48","slug":"we-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"We Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/&amp;t=We Remember' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=We Remember%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/&amp;title=We Remember' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/&amp;title=We Remember' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"lead\">Dr Kate Rennard (University of Kent)<br \/>\nResearch Associate, &#8216;Beyond the Spectacle&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><em>This is the latest in the series of blog posts commemorating Indigenous North American participation in the World Wars &#8211; see previous posts from <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2018\/10\/29\/first-world-war-native-stories\/\">November 2018<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2019\/06\/06\/remembering-d-day\/\">June 2019<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2019\/11\/11\/the-letters-of-trooper-jesse-moses\/\">November 2019<\/a>. <\/em><em>Around 44,000 American Indians and at least 3,000 First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis peoples saw active duty in the Second World War (the real number is undoubtedly much higher).<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> To commemorate the 75<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of V.E. Day, this blog-post spotlights the stories of several of these veterans about the end of the war in Europe. <\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-585\" style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-585\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Leroy-mzhickteno-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Leroy-mzhickteno-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Leroy-mzhickteno.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sgt Leroy Mzhickteno. Photo courtesy of Dole Institute of Politics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the evening of May 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 1945, Sgt Leroy Mzhickteno, a Prairie Band Potawatomi from Kansas, was in France. Making his way back to his unit with a fellow soldier, they passed another camp where celebrations were in full swing. As he laughingly recalled in an interview for the <a href=\"https:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/diglib\/vhp\/story\/loc.natlib.afc2001001.38223\/#vhp:clip\">Veterans History Project<\/a>, it ended up being quite an end to his time in Europe:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[The other soldier] said, \u2018let\u2019s check that place out.\u2019 There was no fighting, no nothing, you know, so I said, \u2018Okay, something to do.\u2019 Went down there and them guys down there were dancing and having a good time, you know. War\u2019s over. And they\u2019re \u2018Come on! Come on!\u2019\u2026And one guy was making a drink for us. He fixed it right there\u2026It was not like anything I ever tasted! It had more kick to it\u2026 Oh man, I don\u2019t remember ever getting back to camp\u2026I lost my hat and my ammunition belt was gone. I was in bad shape\u2026Nobody had any sympathy for me!\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This kind of joyous celebration is what many of us associate with V.E. Day, those iconic photos of huge crowds, street parties, and bunting to commemorate the end of the war in Europe. As James Brady, a Metis soldier from Alberta, Canada, noted in the diary he kept during his time fighting in Northern Europe, \u201cAt last the wondrous day. Victory in Europe.\u201d However, Brady\u2019s diary is also a window into the variety of competing emotions elicited by the end of the war. To his unit, this day was actually an \u201canti-climax,\u201d a time for more somber reflection: \u201cThere is no feeling of exultation, nothing but a quiet satisfaction that the job has been done and we can see Canada again.\u201d A day later, the unit marched to a \u201cmemorial service in the little rural church\u201d to \u201ccommemorate those of our regiment who fell in the campaign.\u201d As the Colonel began to read the 36 names, he began to falter and cry. His assistant stepped in and quietly said, \u201c\u2018It is not necessary. They were comrades. We remember.\u2019\u201d While V.E. Day was certainly worth celebrating, Brady acknowledged how bittersweet it was, especially when so many fellow soldiers were unable to celebrate it with them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586\" style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-586\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Marcella-LeBeau-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Marcella-LeBeau-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Marcella-LeBeau.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcella Le Beau in 1944. Photo courtesy of Wisdom of the Elders, Inc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For these Indigenous North American soldiers who were still on the battlegrounds of Northern Europe when the war ended, the brutal reality of the conflict and what victory had cost was inescapable. Nurses such as 1<sup>st<\/sup> Lt Marcella LeBeau (Cheyenne River Sioux) and 1<sup>st<\/sup> Lt Julia Nashanany Reeves (Forest County Potawatomi) were still working in hospitals in Liege, Belgium and Norwich, England respectively, tending to injured soldiers.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-584\" style=\"width: 334px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-584\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Julia-Reeves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Julia-Reeves.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Julia-Reeves-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt Julia Nashanany Reeves, New Caledonia, 1942. Photo courtesy of UNO Digital Humanities Projects.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Francis William Godon (Metis) had just been liberated from his Prisoner of War camp. Taken prisoner by German forces shortly after D-Day, Godon spent eleven months in captivity and his weight dropped by almost 100lbs.<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> He remembered the chaos of the days leading up to V.E. Day, as guards deserted the camp. The prisoners woke up to find them gone and the gates wide open. American troops arrived shortly after to liberate them.<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a> Other soldiers making their way home to the United States or Canada marched through countryside scarred by the fighting and encountered destruction on a large scale. In some cases, they even caused more damage. Brady recounted how the troop had spent the night of V.E. Day at a farmhouse. Unfortunately, the troop\u2019s kitchen burner had exploded and \u201cburnt the building to the ground.\u201d Brady \u201ccould not help but feel pity for this peasant family\u201d who had lost so much and now lost what little they had left.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-589\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-589\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Francis-Godon-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Francis-Godon-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Francis-Godon-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Francis-Godon-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Francis-Godon-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francis Godon, a M\u00e9tis soldier, at training camp in Ontario, 1942. Photo courtesy of The Memory Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A few days later, Brady\u2019s unit arrived in Markelo and he continued to reflect on how V.E. Day had been far from a celebration for some. His entry for May 13<sup>th<\/sup> discusses the actions of the Dutch resistance: \u201cFive thousand Dutch SS are in cages at Utrecht. In Markelo we see a little Dutch girl almost a child with clipped hair and pregnant \u2013 what an aftermath of war, wholesale misery \u2013 we witness the sadistic emotions of revenge and it sickens the human spirit.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a> He wished for a letter from home to keep himself from \u201cbaneful thinking.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn7\" name=\"_ftnref7\">[7]<\/a> Clearly, these Indigenous North American servicemen and women were shaped in a variety of ways by their experiences in Europe during the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their service, however, they returned home to find that not much had changed. Hollis Stabler (Omaha) recalled that when he returned to Omaha, Nebraska, he headed to a bar for a beer and a hamburger but \u201csomebody called the police.\u201d A policeman arrived and told Stabler that he shouldn\u2019t be drinking so he \u201cjust dropped the bottle and walked out.\u201d He was still in his uniform but that hadn\u2019t mattered. As he reflected, \u201c[i]t made me wonder what I\u2019d been fighting for. I never went back to that place.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn8\" name=\"_ftnref8\">[8]<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-583\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-583\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Hollis-Stabler-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Hollis-Stabler-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Hollis-Stabler-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Hollis-Stabler-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Hollis-Stabler.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sgt Hollis Stabler. Photo courtesy of www.nebraskastudies.org.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Likewise, Marcella LeBeau recalled the racism she encountered when she returned to Rapid City, South Dakota, to work as a nurse after the war:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI never experienced any discrimination at all in the service. They accepted me for what I was able to do. And then I come back to South Dakota, my state, and saw the sign [bars and restaurants in the city had signs that said \u2018No Indians or dogs allowed.\u2019]. And the law was that anything that had alcohol in it, we couldn\u2019t buy, like even vanilla extract with alcohol in it, or rubbing alcohol. I went to a drug store at home to buy some rubbing alcohol and the lady, the dignified lady in the city of Mobridge, she said, \u2018We don\u2019t have any.\u2019 So I went back to the grocery store where I traded and knew the man. \u2018Well, that\u2019s strange,\u2019 he said, \u2018at a drug store.\u2019 So he went over there and he bought me two bottles. So she lied to me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-587\" style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-587\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/No-Beer-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/No-Beer-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/No-Beer.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Vachon, \u201cSign in a beer parlor window,\u201d Sisseton, South Dakota, 1941. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These veterans had served in the U.S. Army but when they returned home they couldn\u2019t even buy vanilla essence.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to those who had fought in the First World War, these veterans\u2019 experiences during the war and when they returned home led them to fight for better rights.<a href=\"#_ftn9\" name=\"_ftnref9\">[9]<\/a> Dick Patrick (Saik\u2019uz First Nation) was honoured with a Military Medal for his bravery and, during his investiture at Buckingham Palace in October 1945, he spoke to King George VI about the treatment First Nations people faced in Canada: \u201cI told [King George VI] when my people went into Vanderhoof [the nearest town to his community], they were not allowed to go into restaurants, use public toilets, and had to come in the back door of a grocery store to buy groceries. We spoke for a long time about the injustice to my people. He told me he would endeavour to help my people.\u201d His commitment to bringing attention to this discrimination continued after he returned home to British Columbia in 1946. On his first visit to Vanderhoof, he went to a caf\u00e9 that was known to refuse service to Indigenous people. When he was told to leave, he refused and the police were called. Patrick was arrested, charged with disturbing the peace, and eventually sentenced to six months in prison. Thanks to local Indigenous activists, he was shortly released and he headed straight back to the same caf\u00e9. As he later recalled, \u201cin one year, I spent 11 months in prison. I would just get off the bus and walk into a restaurant and they would send me back\u2026. I was bound and determined to show them they could not treat my people like animals.\u201d While he never got his meal at the restaurant, his sister remembers that his protest made a huge difference, waking \u201ceveryone around him up to the realities of the world we were living in.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn10\" name=\"_ftnref10\">[10]<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-588\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-588\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Dick-Patrick-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Dick-Patrick-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Dick-Patrick-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/files\/2020\/05\/Dick-Patrick.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dick Patrick. Photo courtesy of the <em>Prince George Citizen<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The experiences of these Indigenous North American servicemen and women were diverse, from soldiers in the U.S. and Canadian Armies who were fighting on the Front to nurses to a Prisoner of War kept captive at a camp in Germany, yet all gesture towards the complicated mixture of emotions elicited by the Allies\u2019 victory. While acknowledging the joy of the war ending, each of them also reflected on the huge emotional and physical costs of the conflict, as well as what it meant to return to societies where their service meant little.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any information about Indigenous North American visitors to Britain that you would like to share, please contact us via <a href=\"mailto:beyondthespectacle@kent.ac.uk\">email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beyondthespec\">Twitter<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beyondthespectacle\">Facebook<\/a>, or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/beyondthespectacle\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> \u201cPatriot Nations,\u201d National Museum of the American Indian, accessed 5 June 2019, https:\/\/americanindian.si.edu\/static\/patriot-nations\/world-wars.html#ww2; \u201cIndigenous People in the Second World War,\u201d Veterans Affairs Canada, accessed 5 June 2019, https:\/\/www.veterans.gc.ca\/eng\/remembrance\/history\/historical-sheets\/aborigin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Leroy Mzhickteno Collection, (AFC\/2001\/001\/38223), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Unknown, \u201cLt. Julia (Nashanany) Reeves receiving Ward 53rd Evac Hospital, New Caledonia, with destroyed Japanese flag,\u201d <em>UNO Digital Humanities Projects<\/em>, accessed May 7, 2020, https:\/\/unodigitalhumanitiesprojects.omeka.net\/items\/show\/45.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> Jules Xavier and Shilo Stag, \u201cFrancis William Godon 1924-2019 M\u00e9tis D-Day Veteran Passes 75 Years After Harrowing Experience at Juno Beach,\u201d Government of Canada, 26 February 2019, accessed 3 May 2020, http:\/\/www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca\/en\/news-publications\/national-news-details-no-menu.page?doc=francis-william-godon-1924-2019-metis-d-day-veteran-passes-75-years-after-harrowing-experience-at-juno-beach\/jskwaa54.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> \u201cVeteran Stories: Francis William Godon,\u201d The Memory Project, http:\/\/www.thememoryproject.com\/stories\/539:francis-william-godon\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\">[6]<\/a> For more on how head shaving has been used as a tool of humiliation against female collaborators, see Antony Beever, \u201cAn Ugly Carnival,\u201d The Guardian, 5<sup>th<\/sup> June, 2009, accessed 7<sup>th<\/sup> May, 2020, https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2009\/jun\/05\/women-victims-d-day-landings-second-world-war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref7\" name=\"_ftn7\">[7]<\/a> James Brady,\u201cJottings from a Record of Service in the North West Europe Campaign July 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 1944-May 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 1945,\u201d M-125-1, James Brady fonds, Glenbow Archives, Calgary, https:\/\/www.glenbow.org\/collections\/search\/findingAids\/archhtm\/extras\/brady\/m-125-1-pt2.pdf<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref8\" name=\"_ftn8\">[8]<\/a> Hollis D. Stabler, <em>No-One Ever Asked Me: The World War II Memoirs of an Omaha Indian Soldier<\/em> (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005), 122.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref9\" name=\"_ftn9\">[9]<\/a> For more on Indigenous veterans activism after the Second World War, see R. Scott Sheffield and Noah Riseman, <em>Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War: <\/em><em>The Politics, Experiences and Legacies of War in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand<\/em> (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref10\" name=\"_ftn10\">[10]<\/a> Jason Permanand and Steve McCullough, \u201cDick Patrick: An Indigenous Veteran\u2019s Fight for Inclusion,\u201d Canadian Museum for Human Rights, https:\/\/humanrights.ca\/story\/dick-patrick-an-indigenous-veterans-fight-for-inclusion.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/&amp;t=We Remember' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=We Remember%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/&amp;title=We Remember' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/&amp;title=We Remember' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Kate Rennard (University of Kent) Research Associate, &#8216;Beyond the Spectacle&#8217; This is the latest in the series of blog posts commemorating Indigenous North American &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/2020\/05\/07\/we-remember\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53579,"featured_media":587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/bts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}