May 15, 2025, the National Defence Clothing and Dress Committee approved the wearing of Indigenous-crafted poppies to “recognize and honour the contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples” by Canadian Armed Forces members in the same manner as the Royal Canadian Legion poppy, commemorating Canadians who died in battle.

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After a morning of squinted eyes, pricked fingers and self-doubt, a dozen people left a special workshop satisfied with their own, personal symbol of remembrance. The Macdonald Museum in Middleton hosted Mi’kmaw artist Karen Beals October 16, as she shared a sampler of her traditional quillwork and beading in a pre-Remembrance Day beaded poppy project.

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The evidence of community ties through time were evident as Andrew Stewart, a linesman with the Town of Berwick’s Berwick Electric Commission, raised the first of dozens of commemorative banners for his great-grandfather, William C. Stewart.

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