Indigenous Veterans Day

Indigenous Veterans Day is celebrated every November 8th to honour Indigenous, Metis and Inuit Veterans and to remember the fallen. This is a special military/Indigenous ceremony that brings the Military Family and the Indigenous Veteran's family together. The gathering begins with coffee and bison, elk and venison breakfast sandwiches from Ole Smokes Coffee at 9:30 AM. The ceremony starts at 10:45 and ends at approx 11:30 AM. The ceremony features a drummer/singer, a fiddler and weather permitting a piper and various Indigenous, civic and local leaders and elders.