Monument in Kananaskis at Upper Lakes to honour Royal Winnipeg Rifleman Joe Poucette

‘True warrior spirit’: Stoney Nakoda WWII rifleman to be honoured in Kananaskis Country

ÎYARHE NAKODA – Somewhere on the front lines of France, Joe Poucette thought about home.

'True warrior spirit': Stoney Nakoda WWII rifleman to be honoured in Kananaskis Country

Kananaskis Country monument for Second World War veteran, Indigenous veteran from Stoney Nakoda First Nation honoured,

Monument in Kananaskis at Upper Lakes to honour Royal Winnipeg Rifleman Joe Poucette

The Stoney Nakoda community is leading efforts for a legacy monument to honour Royal Winnipeg Rifleman Joe Poucette, who was born in Mînî Thnî and killed in action at the Battle of the Falaise Pocket in France on Aug. 15, 1944.