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          Francis Pegahmagabow

          Canadian First Nations soldier, politician and activist

          Francis PegahmagabowMM & two bars (peg-ə-MAG-ə-boh; March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was an Ojibwe soldier, politician and activist in Canada.

          He was the most highly decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of the First World War. Three times awarded the Military Medal and seriously wounded, he was an expert marksman and scout, credited with killing 378 Germans and capturing 300 more.[2] Later in life, he served as chief and a councillor for the Wasauksing First Nation, and as an activist and leader in several First Nations organizations.

          He corresponded with and met other noted aboriginal figures including Fred Loft, Jules Sioui, Andrew Paull and John Tootoosis.

          Early life

          Francis Pegahmagabow was born on March 9, 1891,[a] on what is now the Shawanaga First Nation reserve in Nobel, Ontario.

          In Ojibwe his name was Binaaswi ("