GDI is a Saskatchewan-based educational, employment and cultural institute serving Métis across the province
The National Métis Veterans’ Memorial Monument has been engraved in honour of all Métis veterans. After years of planning and fundraising, the monument was first unveiled in July 2014 at the Back to Batoche festival site
The names of veterans have been collected over many years and involved the collaboration of Métis across the Métis Homeland.
The monument is comprised of nine sleek, elegant granite columns set up in a semi-circle formation with a central granite structure depicting original artwork by Dennis Weber. He portrayed images of those who served on land, sea, the women who served, as well as 1885 veterans. The artwork is flanked by two Métis flags and the words, “To honour and remember all veterans and to express our pride and gratitude to the Métis servicemen and servicewomen who bravely served our country to preserve our freedom,” in Michif, English, and French. The monument contains the names of 5,724 Métis men and women who served during the 1885 Resistance, the South African War, the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, numerous peacekeeping missions, and the Afghanistan War.
The Gabriel Dumont Institute was proud to honour and commemorate more than 5,000 veterans with this first engraving on the monument. Fundraising for the monument’s upkeep and future engravings is ongoing, so veterans who are unknown to us at this time can be added in years to come. The monument will forever be a place to pay our respects to Métis servicemen and servicewomen.
You can search this list or download this .pdf to locate the names of veterans and then either view them in person or online from the photographs of the columns of the monument: Métis Veterans’ Memorial Monument Column Photographs.
If you are looking up many names, you can print out the following .pdf to write the column locations of the veterans you’re searching for in one place: Métis Veterans’ Memorial Monument Column Locator.
NOTE: The Institute does not conduct genealogical research.
Links to Metis veteran information can be found here: Métis Veterans Genealogical Information.
Additional Engraving of names for the Métis Veterans Memorial Monument
Ongoing
This is a call for the names of Métis veterans that will be included on additional engravings of the Métis Veterans Memorial Monument. Additional engravings, perhaps years apart, will take place as the resources for such a purpose, and additional names, become available.
The call for names has been ongoing since July 2010. Since then, almost 6,000 names have been submitted. This large number is a mournful testimony to the commitment and bravery of Métis men and women who have valiantly served the Métis Nation and Canada. As high as this number is, we know there are more Métis veterans to honour, and we ask your assistance to submit additional names for this recognition.
Please use the Métis Veterans Info Submission Form which you can download below to submit information. You can print the form, complete it, and mail it or if you prefer, email. First download it, then fill it out, and use the “save as” option to keep it on your computer and then email it. Activate link in highlighted text.
Please consider supporting the Métis Veterans Memorial Monument Project.
All donations over $10 are eligible for a tax receipt issued from GDI, which is a registered not-for-profit charitable organization.
Donations over $25 will receive the CD Honouring Our Heroes: A Tribute to Métis Veterans, featuring Métis performing artists Donny Parenteau, Andrea Menard, Ray St. Germain, Jess Lee, Mike Gouchie, and Krystle Pederson.
Donations over $50 will also receive the book Métis Soldiers of Saskatchewan: 1914-1953 by Cathy Littlejohn.
Your donation can be sent to the Gabriel Dumont Institute. Please clearly indicate that the donation is for the Métis Veterans Monument. Donations of $25 or more can be placed through our online store.
Our goal is to ensure the monument recognizes and honours all our Métis veterans, past and present. If you know of a Métis veteran who should be recognized, please provide the following information to the Gabriel Dumont Institute:
Veteran’s full name
Service number, rank, branch (army, navy, air) and unit served
Dates of service (enlistment and discharge)
Date of birth (and death, if deceased, and whether “Killed in Action” is applicable)
Conflicts (First World War, Second World War, Korean War, etc.)
Overseas service
You can use this typable PDF to submit your information: Métis Veterans Info Submission Form. If you choose to use this form, please print the document and mail to the address below.
Put links in highlighted text.
You can also email the information to veterans@gdins.org , or mail your information to the address below.
Métis Veterans Memorial Project
C/o Gabriel Dumont Institute
917 22nd Street West
Saskatoon, SK S7M 0R9
Donations to the monument can be made to the address above, as well as by purchasing products in the Veterans Monument section of our website: https://gdins.org/product-category/veterans-monument. 100% of the proceeds from those sales go towards the monument.
GDI is a Saskatchewan-based educational, employment and cultural institute serving Métis across the province
