June is National Indigenous History Month

June is Canadian National Indigenous History Month and remembers the First Nations, Métis & Inuit people who have served and sacrificed for Canada.

Sergeant Tommy Prince (right), 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, with his brother, Private Morris Prince at an investiture at Buckingham Palace London, England, February 12, 1945.

Serving as a reconnaissance expert in the Devil's Brigade, Tommy Prince posed as a local farmer to repair a severed communications wire in full view of enemy troops. He is one of Canada's most decorated Indigenous soldiers.