Veteran Clifford Swain (centre) is awarded the Order of the Métis Nation and provided with a cheque for $20,000. The cheque was an offer of apology from the federal government to Métis WWII veterans for not receiving the same benefits as other veterans after the war.
He is pictured with his Son, Milt Swain (left) and Minister of Veterans Affairs David Chartrand (right)
Joe Daigneault, Beauval Local President MNS speaks at event honouring Veteran Louis Roy. Veteran Roy received a cheque for $20,000 as an offer of apology from the federal government to Métis WWII veterans for not receiving the same benefits as other veterans after the war.
Veteran Louis Roy receives cheque for $20,000 at event in Beauval, Saskatchewan. The cheque was an offer of apology from the federal government to Métis WWII veterans for not receiving the same benefits as other veterans after the war.
Veteran Louis Roy receives cheque for $20,000 at event in Beauval, Saskatchewan. The cheque was an offer of apology from the federal government to Métis WWII veterans for not receiving the same benefits as other veterans after the war.
Veteran Louis Roy receives cheque for $20,000 at event in Beauval, Saskatchewan. The cheque was an offer of apology from the federal government to Métis WWII veterans for not receiving the same benefits as other veterans after the war.
Veteran Louis Roy receives cheque for $20,000 at event in Beauval, Saskatchewan. The cheque was an offer of apology from the federal government to Métis WWII veterans for not receiving the same benefits as other veterans after the war.
Veteran Louis Roy receives cheque for $20,000 at event in Beauval, Saskatchewan. The cheque was an offer of apology from the federal government to Métis WWII veterans for not receiving the same benefits as other veterans after the war.
Cenotaph at gates of Batoche National Historic Site. The Cenotaph reads:
EN NISPRII MIINA CHI
MOOSH KINITOYAAK OOMA
LA ZHOORNII LI JHISWIT DI
JOOYET DEU MIL JIS
AEN KISHKISHIYAAK PI MIINA
L’ONEUR AEN MIYAYAKOOK
AYKWANIKIK LEU VII KA KII
MAEKICHIK AKOOSHPII LII MICHIF
KA NOOTINIKAYCHIK EN MIL WIT
SAAN KAATR VAEN SAENK
A BATOCHE
NIIYANAAN MIINA KI
TIPAYMISHONAAN PI MIINA KI
PAASHPINAAN POOR TOUT BOON
In English, this translates to:
In spirit we reconcile
on this day of July 18, 2010
As we honour those who lost
their lives in the 1885 North West Resistance
We the Métis, died for
Our home and our land
We, the soldiers
Died for Canada
We, the First Nations
Died for our Métis brothers and sisters
We are now forever free.
Digital photo of three men: Duane Favel (left), unidentified (centre) and Clément Chartier (right) standing in front of the cenotaph in Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, during a Remembrance Day ceremony. The ceremony took place on November 11, 2010.
Digital photo of three men: Duane Favel (left), unidentified (centre) and Clément Chartier (right) standing in front of the cenotaph in Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, during a Remembrance Day ceremony. The ceremony took place on November 11, 2010.
Digital photo of three men: Duane Favel (left), unidentified (centre) and Clément Chartier (right) standing in front of the cenotaph in Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, during a Remembrance Day ceremony. The ceremony took place on November 11, 2010.
