Anthony Towstego with Thomega Entertainment produced and directed a special project called Canada Remembers Ours: A Soldiers Land which recognizes the service and sacrifice of Indigenous Veterans in wars and conflicts in which Canada has been involved.

In addition to featuring Indigenous veterans, this weekend the program will debut on AMI TV which provides information and entertainment for Canadians who are blind or partially sighted.  He says this is number nine in a series of what will be 22 programs.

The Canada Remembers program is featuring a story close to the heart of a teacher from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Alexander Tawpisim says he began researching his grandfather’s service as an Indigenous veteran who served in World War I when he was asked to do a family tree assignment in university.  Tawpisim says he found it problematic because he didn’t have strong familial ties.

Tawpisim says he shares the research he has done around his own grandfather’s service with his students, noting that the 31 veterans who signed up from their community in World War II, and the nine who served in World War I all have a direct connection to those students; it’s their great grandparents. Tawpisim says, “And that’s something special. I just hope that the passion I carry in doing this research just transfers on to them and helps instills in them the same sense of pride that I have for Muskeg Lake’s veterans”.

Towstego says their first documentary 23 years ago documented the stories of war veterans who attended the Canada International Airshow in Saskatoon. The show featuring Muskeg Lake Cree Nation premiers Sunday August the 8th at 5 p.m.