Taypotat appointed first Indigenous honorary colonel in Snowbirds history – SaskToday.ca
Born in Grenfell, Sask., Evan Taypotat joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) through the Bold Eagle program in 1998, graduating at the top of his class. He later served with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 before retiring as a captain.
MOOSE JAW — History was made at 15 Wing Moose Jaw as Chief Evan B.G. Taypotat, Capt. (Ret’d), was formally invested as honorary colonel of 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, home of the world-renowned Canadian Forces Snowbirds.
Taypotat, chief of Kahkewistahaw First Nation in Treaty 4 territory, became the first Indigenous Canadian to serve as an honorary colonel with the squadron — a milestone he described as both humbling and deeply meaningful.
