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Leaders offer condolences after D-Day Veteran, Indigenous Advocate Philip Favel passes away SHARE ON: Normandy Warrior Painted by Elaine Goble in 2020. Beaverbrook Collection of War Art Canadian War Museum 20200359-001 Indigenous and military leaders are among those offering condolences and paying tribute to WWII veteran and Indigenous advocate Philip Favel. Born in 1922 in Prongua, on the Sweetgrass First Nation, Favel was working on his father’s farm as a labourer when he joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1942, at the age of 20. After his training at the No. 121 Canadian Army Training ...

by The Canadian Press Last Updated Jan 31, 2021 at 7:54 pm ADT CUT KNIFE, Sask. — Canada’s Indigenous and military leaders paid tribute and offered condolences to the family of a Juno Beach veteran of the Second World War, who also advocated for Indigenous veterans after the war ended. “Today, Canada lost a great First Nations leader in Philip Favel,” Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde tweeted Sunday. “A Juno Beach Veteran and a lifelong advocate, Philip was a beacon of hope for many,” Bellegarde added. Favel was 98. Born in Prongua, Sask., which is part of ...

CUT KNIFE, Sask. - Canada's Indigenous and military leaders paid tribute and offered condolences to ...