‘Prisoner Number 110’: Daughter of Métis veteran commemorates forgotten Indigenous soldiers
When Ferdinand Poitras enlisted there wasn’t a ‘Métis’ category
Second World War
Inuk Elder Qapik Attagutsiak, last survivor of Inuit war effort, dies at 103
Qapik Attagutsiak was already a young woman in 1940, a mother at ease on the…
2 years after promised review of discrimination complaints, CIRNAC, ISC won’t say if it’s done
Also on the show, a First Nations veteran talks about his time in the military during the Oka Crisis.
Indigenous soldiers determined to carry on family legacies
Indigenous Peoples have been part of Canada’s military history dating back to the War of…
Elijah Smith, father of modern day land claims in Yukon, remembered as veteran
Steve Smith still beams with pride when it comes to his late father, Elijah Smith….
Ceremonies marking Indigenous Veterans Day take place across the country
Across the country, family, friends and politicians gathered at ceremonies to mark national Indigenous Veterans…
‘Nothing he couldn’t do:’ 101 year old Métis veteran remembered for enduring legacy
A 101-year-old Métis veteran is being remembered for his powerful legacy, quiet strength and infinite…
‘It was bad for us’: Stoney Point war hero Clifford George and coming back to Canada
Veteran returned to learn the Canadian government stole his reserve, turned it into army Camp Ipperwash, desecrated his mom’s burial site and bulldozed his grandparents’ farm
Dutch-born P.E.I. man on a mission to find photos of First Nations soldiers killed overseas in WWII
William Daniels was Cree and Stanley Jones was Haida. Both died fighting Nazi Germany and both are buried in the Netherlands
