First Nations soldiers remembered this Remembrance Day [Video]

Membertou First Nation, N.S. –

First Nations communities across the Maritimes remembered Indigenous soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice on Monday.

Following the Remembrance Day ceremony in Cape Breton’s Membertou First Nation, a meal was served in a packed ballroom – a stark contrast to how Indigenous soldiers were treated during some of Canada’s most notable wars.

“I think (Remembrance Day) means more, because a lot of our people signed up for a war in the beginning – World War One and World War Two – when they weren’t even considered Canadian citizens,” said Mi’kmaq culture and heritage advocate Jeff Ward.

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Despite that inequality, Mi’kmaq soldiers from across the Maritimes fought and died in all sorts of major conflicts.

“We were in the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War,” said Membertou Chief Terry Paul.

A large billboard, at the corner of Churchill Drive …