By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 Twenty-four hours before Canada observes Remembrance Day, First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit soldiers were specifically recognized at a ceremony at Lakehead University. The event was in commemoration of National Indigenous Veterans Day which is observed on Nov. 8. Retired lieutenant general Darla Oja, who is M\u00e9tis and originally from northern Saskatchewan, she moved to Thunder Bay nearly 30 years ago, spoke on Monday and called to attention the multiple levels of freedom Indigenous soldiers fought for. \u201cWhen we talk about freedom, it’s easy to think of it as a simple idea, but in truth, I think freedom has layers, and this is my interpretation,\u201d she told the crowd. \u201cThe first is freedom from \u2026 fear, oppression and injustice \u2014… <\/p>\n
By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 Twenty-four hours before Canada observes Remembrance Day, First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit soldiers were specifically recognized at a ceremony at Lakehead University. The event was in commemoration of National Indigenous Veterans Day which is observed on Nov. 8. Retired lieutenant general Darla Oja, who is M\u00e9tis and originally from northern Saskatchewan, she moved to Thunder Bay nearly 30 years ago, spoke on Monday and called to attention the multiple levels of freedom Indigenous soldiers fought for. \u201cWhen we talk about freedom, it’s easy to think of it as a simple idea, but in truth, I think freedom has layers, and this is my interpretation,\u201d she told the crowd. \u201cThe first is freedom from \u2026 fear, oppression and injustice \u2014... <\/p>\n