When I said that indigenous veterans didn't have the same rights, it's more broadly about indigenous people not having the same rights. Status Indians returning from the First World War and the Second World War were wards of the state, so they did not have the right to vote.
For example, when conscription for the First World War and the Second World War came up, there was a lot of resistance among indigenous communities, and first nations communities in particular. They said, “We are the wards. How can we be compelled to go and fight if we are the supposed child and you are the supposed parent, in essence? How can you compel us?” During the First World War, there was an exemption made due to resistance by first nations communities. They suggested that treaty Indians could not be compelled by conscription. That was not successful during the Second World War, with the National Resources Mobilization Act.
Does that answer your question?