National Aboriginal Veterans Monument
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| National Aboriginal Veterans Monument | |
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| National Aboriginal Veterans Association | |
 National Aboriginal Veterans Monument | |
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| For Aboriginal peoples (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) who served with the Canadian forces during armed conflicts | |
| Unveiled | June 21, 2001 |
| Location | 45°25′18.04″N 075°41′34.66″W / 45.4216778°N 75.6929611°W near |
| Designed by | Lloyd Pinay |
| Commemorated | Up to 12,000[1] |
The National Aboriginal Veterans Monument is a war monument in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that commemorates the contributions of all Aboriginal peoples in war and peacekeeping operations from World War I to the present.[2] The monument was designed by Lloyd Pinay, of the Peepeekisis First Nation in Saskatchewan, whose father took part in the D-Day assault in World War II.[3] It was unveiled in Confederation Park by Adrienne Clarkson, then Governor General of Canada, on National Aboriginal Day, June 21, 2001.[4]
The bronze monument sits atop a marble base, which was quarried in Shawinigan, Quebec. The monument itself was created in its entirety during 2000 and 2001 on the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Urban Reserve in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, part of Treaty Six Territory. Once completed, it was then disassembled for transport and then reassembled again in Ottawa.
