PhoenixSerenity<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TotemPole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TotemPole</span></a> was <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/commissioned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commissioned</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BroadmeadCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BroadmeadCare</span></a> in 2002 and unveiled in 2003 at the lodge entrance. It <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/honours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>honours</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/contributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contributions</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> & was carved by Calvin Hunt, Mervin Child and John Livingston. An estimated 12,000 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/M%C3%A9tis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Métis</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Inuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inuit</span></a> people served in conflicts in the 20th century, including the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstWorldWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstWorldWar</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SecondWorldWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondWorldWar</span></a> & the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/KoreanWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KoreanWar</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/our-community-totem-pole-honouring-indigenous-veterans-rededicated-6998336" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timescolonist.com/islander/our</span><span class="invisible">-community-totem-pole-honouring-indigenous-veterans-rededicated-6998336</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/yyj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yyj</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/POCveterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POCveterans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NativeVeterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeVeterans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>