Yes, there would be about 4,000. That's a rough figure, because a lot of the veterans didn't.... Even my dad you would never think was a Métis, because he looked like a Frenchman, and he could speak good French. Because of discrimination, he went on the French side. We were discriminated against in school, as you're probably aware, and that's why they did that. That's why they couldn't track.... At least, the first nations people were tracked. They came back from the armed forces, and they had a place to go. The Métis didn't.
As far as their education went, as Alastair said.... I know my dad had grade 4. If it weren't for my mom, he wouldn't have gotten the benefits he received. She was communicating with DVA at that time. There was nobody else to support her.