Edward Clutesi’s gravestone in the BrettevillesurLaize Canadian War Cemetery bears his name and rank when he was killed in the Second World War. It doesn't show that the 26yearold was Indigenous, a residential school survivor, heir to one of his nation's hereditary chieftainships — and had a brilliant mind.

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