By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY — A touring exhibit is under development to better represent the stories of the region’s Indigenous war veterans. The project is called Anishnaabe Zhiimaagnishii Inaadiziwin, or Life of Indigenous Soldiers. The Thunder Bay Museum’s website says it has numerous partners and key personnel, one of whom is David Michael Thompson, a research developer and project manager who has spent decades helping to collect the stories, photos and other reminiscences of Indigenous members of the Armed Forces in the region. He told a crowd at Lakehead University on Nov. 10 who gathered to observe National Indigenous Veterans Day, that he was mentored by Charles “Willy” John, a veteran of the Second World War who was from the Red Rock Indian Band’s…
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