Indigenous Members and Resources

In keeping with the Reconciliation Statement of the HKVCA, this page is to identify and recognize the Indigenous members of ‘C’ Force. The HKVCA is actively working to identify such members and as we do so, their names and links to their Individual Reports will be listed here. We invite you to explore this page and learn more about the Indigenous members of ‘C’ Force. Each name is linked to their Individual Report in our 'C' Force library and is listed here in alphabetical order.

Errors or omissions should be reported using the "Contact Us" form linked from the top of this page. We know that we are missing many names, and we urge family members to contact us.

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Indigenous Members of 'C' Force

We've found 83 results.

Regimental #	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Métis/First Nation	Band
L13725	Private	George	BADGER	Saulteaux	Cote First Nation, SK
L2957	Private	Edgar	BAPTISTE	Cree	Red Pheasant First Nation, SK
H20873	Private	Oliver	BARRON	Red River Métis
H6618	Private	George	BELCOURT	Red River Métis
H17500	Private	Victor	BELCOURT	Red River Métis
H77586	Private	Robert	BLANCHARD	Red River Métis/Anishinaabe	grandfather from Sagkeeng First Nation, MB
H41902	Private	William	BOULETTE	Red River Métis/Cree	mother from Hollow Water First Nation, MB
H41568	Private	Albert	BOYER	Red River Métis
H75144	Private	Lucien	BRAZEAU	Red River Métis
H41683	Private	Wilfrid	CHABOYER	Red River Métis
H41688	Private	David	CHABOYER	Red River Métis
H63696	Private	Marcel	CHABOYER	Red River Métis
H6758	Private	George	DELORME	Red River Métis
H6870	Private	Joseph	DELORME	Red River Métis
H6750	Private	Leon	DESLAURIER	Red River Métis
H6892	Private	Harry	DRURY	Red River Métis
H20841	Private	Wilbert	DUBOIS	Red River Métis
H6035	Private	Joseph	FALCON	Red River Métis
H20803	Private	Alexander	FAVEL	Cree	Peguis First Nation, MB
H6205	Private	James	FIDLER	Red River Métis
H6808	Private	Raymond	FIDLER	Red River Métis
H6911	Private	Herbert	FOLSTER	Red River Métis
H70208	Private	Donald	FOLSTER	Red River Métis
H6787	Private	Donald	FROBISHER	Red River Métis
H41793	Private	William	GLADUE	Red River Métis
H6895	Private	Lawrence	HALLETT	Red River Métis
H41694	Private	Francois	HAMELIN	Red River Métis
H6825	Private	William	HARDISTY	Red River Métis
H6503	Private	Joseph	LAFORTUNE	Red River Métis
H6109	Private	George	LAMOUREUX	Red River Métis
H6289	Private	Gordon	LAND	Red River Métis
H6295	Lance Corporal	Roy	LAND	Red River Métis
H41654	Private	David	LAPLANTE	Red River Métis
H75223	Private	Romain	LAPLANTE	Red River Métis
H6677	Private	Maurice	LAPOINTE	Red River Métis
H6506	Private	Ernest	LARIVIERE	Red River Métis
H6744	Private	Frederick	LAVALLEE	Red River Métis
H41865	Private	Ernest	LAVALLEE	Red River Métis
H6741	Private	Clifford	LINKLATER	Red River Métis
L28212	Private	Fred	MALBEUF	Red River Métis
L28224	Private	Ernest	MALBEUF	Red River Métis
E30760	Rifleman	Henry	MARTIN	Mi’gmaq	Listuguj, QC
H6245	Corporal	Arthur	MCCORRISTER	Red River Métis
H26245	Private	Calvin	MCCORRISTER	Red River Métis
H26247	Private	Mervin	MCCORRISTER	Red River Métis
H41738	Private	Walter	MCLEOD	Red River Métis
E30097	Rifleman	Patrick	METALLIC	Mi'gmaq	Listuguj, QC
E29862	Rifleman	Francois	METHOT	Mi’gmaq	Listuguj, QC
H41564	Private	Henry	MILLITAIRE	Red River Métis
H41860	Private	James	MOAR	Red River Métis
H6181	Lance Corporal	George	MONTROY	Red River Métis
H6621	Private	Bertrand	MOORE	Cree	Moose Cree First Nation, ON
H20809	Private	Edward	MORRISSEAU	Anishinaabe	Sagkeeng First Nation, MB
H41731	Private	Alexander	MORRISSETTE	Red River Métis
H6755	Private	James	MURRAY	Red River Métis/Saulteaux
H6507	Private	Roger	NOBISS	Red River Métis
H41778	Private	Maxwell	NOEL	Dakota	Birdtail Sioux Dakota Oyate, MB
H41666	Private	Joseph	OIGE	Ojibway	Peguis First Nation, MB
H6526	Private	Joseph	OUELETTE	Red River Métis
L2858	Private	Walter	PARENTEAU	Red River Métis
L41404	Private	Robert	PARENTEAU	Red River Métis
H6855	Private	Aime	PAUL	Red River Métis
H6871	Private	Joseph	PAUL	Red River Métis
H20021	Private	William	PAUL	Red River Métis
H40700	Private	Ernest	PAUL	Red River Métis
H20829	Private	Louis	PEPPIN	Red River Métis
H6359	Private	Ferdinand	POITRAS	Red River Métis
H41845	Private	Ernest	PROULX	Red River Métis
H6597	Private	Marcel	ROBIDOUX	Red River Métis
H6909	Private	Albert	SAMSON	Red River Métis
H41818	Private	Isaac	SANDERSON	Ojibway	Peguis First Nation, MB
L2862	Private	George	SAYERS	Red River Métis
H6609	Lance Corporal	Raymond	SELLERS	Red River Métis
H6441	Staff Sergeant	Clifford	SETTEE	Cree
H6685	Corporal	Thomas	SINCLAIR	Red River Métis
H41699	Private	Anthony	SIOUX	Red River Métis
H41690	Private	Victor	SMITH	Red River Métis
H6352	Private	George	STODGELL	Red River Métis
H6353	Private	Stanley	STODGELL	Red River Métis
H6688	Private	Garnett	STODGELL	Red River Métis
H75233	Private	Clifford	THOMAS	Red River Métis
L2860	Private	Urban	VERMETTE	Red River Métis
H16116	Private	Leonard	WATSON	Red River Métis

Resources for Indigenous Study

Below is a list of sources and readings which provide information on Canada’s Indigenous people and contemporary issues, and historical information about the involvement of Indigenous people in Canada’s military.

Reconciliation in Canada	Rights and Reconciliation
Reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission including Calls to Action	What Reconciliation Is and What It Is Not
University of Alberta – Indigenous Canada	Métis History
First Nations Soldiers	Indigenous Veterans – Equals on the Battlefield, but Not at Home
Government of Canada	Indigenous Peoples and the World Wars
Historica Canada