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 25 results.

Regimental #	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Métis/First Nation	Band
H20873	Private	Oliver	BARRON	Métis
H77586	Private	Robert	BLANCHARD	Métis/Anishinaabe
H41902	Private	William	BOULETTE	Métis/Cree
H6892	Private	Harry	DRURY	Métis
H20841	Private	Wilbert	DUBOIS	Métis
H6911	Private	Herbert	FOLSTER	Métis
H70208	Private	Donald	FOLSTER	Métis
H41694	Private	Francois	HAMELIN	Métis
H6503	Private	Joseph	LAFORTUNE	Métis
H6677	Private	Maurice	LAPOINTE	Métis
L28212	Private	Fred	MALBEUF	Métis
L28224	Private	Ernest	MALBEUF	Métis
H6245	Corporal	Arthur	MCCORRISTER	Métis
H26245	Private	Calvin	MCCORRISTER	Métis
H26247	Private	Mervin	MCCORRISTER	Métis
E30097	Rifleman	Patrick	METALLIC	Mi'gmaq	Listuguj, QC
H6755	Private	James	MURRAY	Métis/Saulteaux
H41666	Private	Joseph	OIGE	Ojibway	Peguis First Nation, MB
H6526	Private	Joseph	OUELETTE	Métis
L41404	Private	Robert	PARENTEAU	Métis
H6359	Private	Ferdinand	POITRAS	Métis
H6609	Lance Corporal	Raymond	SELLERS	Métis
H41699	Private	Anthony	SIOUX	Métis
L2860	Private	Urban	VERMETTE	Métis
H16116	Private	Leonard	WATSON	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