In a first for Canada’s Armed Forces, officials are allowing serving members to wear Indigenous-crafted poppies on their uniforms for Remembrance Day.

Floyd Powder, an Indigenous veteran and advocate, told CBC News the changes allow "for all members to wear an Indigenous crafted poppy."

“Whether it’s beaded, sealskin or porcupine, as long as it meets the dimensions and the red colour for the flower part and the black centre, that can be worn moving forward."

In a ceremony held in Ottawa on Oct. 31, Powder presented handcrafted poppies to Commander of the Canadian Army Lt.-Gen. Michael Wright and Canadian Army Sgt.-Maj. Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Robin.

The poppies were made by his sister, Gwen Pischinger, a member of the Fort Smith Métis Council.

Powder said presenting the po

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