Canada Post begins unveiling stamps 'immortalizing' Indigenous leaders
CBC
Three figures from recent history are to be honoured by having their likenesses represented on stamps to be sold by Canada Post later this month.
A news release from Canada Post said the stamps, which will become available on June 21 — National Indigenous Peoples Day — feature Harry Daniels, Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier and Jose Kusugak in recognition for their commitment and contributions to the Métis, First Nations and Inuit communities they served.
The stamp featuring Daniels, who died in 2004, was unveiled in Regina on Monday.
Cheryl Storkson, Daniels' widow, spoke with CBC Radio's Morning Edition before the ceremony.
"It just blew my mind, nearly 18 years later. It was just wonderful that he was being recognized," she said.
Storkson said Daniels was a "driven" man who was passionate about what he did, particularly around politics and fighting for Indigenous rights.
A Métis man from Saskatchewan, his legal battle, Daniels v. Canada, would lead to the recognition of Métis and non-status First Nations people as "Indians" as per Canada's constitution in 2016.
The decision meant all governments in Canada owed Métis and non-status First Nations a fiduciary responsibility and were required to consult with them on a collective basis.
In the early 1980s Daniels also successfully fought for recognition of Métis and non-status First Nations under section 35 of Canada's Constitution Act.
"I was just so completely, completely, over the moon knowing that, he belongs on that stamp," Storkson said.
"It's just a wonderful, wonderful feeling."
Two more Indigenous leaders will be featured on stamps released on June 21.
Jose Kusugak, an Inuk politician from Repulse Bay, Nunavut, will be the centre of a stamp unveiling on Tuesday evening in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.
Kusugak, a defender of Inuit rights, language and culture, died in 2011.
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