On June 5, 2019, a Métis Nation delegation attended the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery for a commemoration. The Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, and other dignitaries were also in attendance. On the same day, Frank Godon from Boissevain, Manitoba presented the uniform of his father, Francis, a prominent Métis Second […]
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“To Aboriginal War Veterans in Canada and to those that have Fallen This monument is raised in sacred and everlasting honour of the contributions of all Aboriginal Canadians in war and peacekeeping operations.” – inscription on National Aboriginal Veterans Monument Many thousands of Indigenous people saw action and endured hardship in the First and Second