A treaty from the 1700s allowed these 2 Sask. Indigenous women to enlist in the U.S. military
A treaty from the 1700s allowed these 2 Sask. Indigenous women to enlist in the U.S. military

These two Indigenous women veterans from Saskatchewan were able to serve in the U.S. Navy and Airforce because of the Jay Treaty, a 1794 agreement that allows some First Nations people to travel freely across the Canada-U.S. border for employment, study, retirement, investing and immigration.