Hundreds of veterans, family members and First Nations leaders gathered to commemorate the first annual powwow to mark Indigenous Veterans Day at Sgt. Tommy Prince Place in Winnipeg on Saturday.

The day was not only meant tohonour Indigenous veterans, but also to remember the discrimination many of the veterans faced during and after their military service, being denied benefits and the right to vote.

Kelly Brown, an Indigenous veteran, said both his grandfather and father fought in the First and Second World Wars and didn’t get any recognition.

“On the field, we were a brotherhood, then when we came back home, we we’re looked down upon,” Brown said.

“It’s very overwhelming,” Brown added, “to just be able to remember them and the sacrifices they did, and the other brothers and sisters

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