National Indigenous Veterans Day was founded in Winnipeg in 1994 to honour the fallen who were not formally recognized on Remembrance Day for decades, despite an estimated 12,000 Indigenous veterans serving in three major wars of the 20th century.

It is a separate event from Remembrance Day, occurring annually on Nov. 8.

Many Indigenous veterans were forced to give up their ancestral status, or faced being denied the same benefits as other returning soldiers.

Neetu Garcha spoke with some Indigenous service members to learn what this day means to them.

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