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Indigenous Veterans Books of Remembrance
From Veterans Affairs Website

The seven Books of Remembrance commemorate the
lives of more than 118,000 Canadians who, since
Confederation, have made the ultimate sacrifice while
serving our country in uniform. The names inscribed in
the Books of Remembrance can also be found in the

Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
National Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated each
Every morning, at eleven o'clock, the pages of the Books
year on June 21, while Aboriginal Veterans Day is
commemorated on November 8. Indigenous of Remembrance are turned by a member of the House
of Commons Protective Service Staff.
people in Canada have reason to be proud of their
wartime contributions. More than 7,000 First
Nations members served in the First and Second
World Wars and the Korean War, and an unknown
number of Inuit, Métis and other Indigenous
people also participated. One Veterans group
estimates that 12,000 Indigenous men and women
served in the three wars.

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.