A program to help identify and mark the gravesites of Indigenous veterans is helping their families remember them.
Posted: Nov 08, 2022 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago
The military headstone belonging to Second World War veteran Augustin Beaulieu in Yellowknife’s Lakeview Cemetery. "We're so grateful that he's finally being recognized," said Adele Tatti, Beaulieu's granddaughter. She said her family knew he was buried in Yellowknife but had no idea where.Tatti lives in Hay River, N.W.T., and says the next time she visits Yellowknife, she plans to place a poppy by his headstone"He's brought a lot of our family, who were a little bit disconnected for a long time, back together," Tatti said.
That includes veterans like Métis pilot Robert "Bobby" Douglas, who served two tours in the Second World War. He, like many Indigenous people, had to give up his treaty status to serve in the war.Robert ‘Bobby’ Douglas served two tours in the Second World War.
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