Tommy Prince

Episode 05 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast gets into a lot of issues of the day, the power of horse breeding, homeless people, representation in the NHL, Winnipeg Pro Wrestling, and carrying a single egg in your car in case of road rage.

Thomas George Prince, war hero, Indigenous advocate (born 25 October 1915 in Petersfield, MB; died 25 November 1977 in Winnipeg, MB). Tommy Prince of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation is one of the most-decorated Indigenous war veterans in Canada, having been awarded a total of 11 medals for his service in the Second World War and the Korean War. When he died, he was honoured at his funeral by his First Nation, the province of Manitoba, Canada and the governments of France, Italy and the United States.