Who Am I? Alexander Decoteau

Who am I? Alexander Decoteau

I was born November 19, 1887 on the Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan.

I was Canada’s first Indigenous police officer and a 1912 Olympic long-distance runner.

Wanting to serve my country during the First World War, I enlisted as a private with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. 

I was killed October, 30, 1917, during the bloody battle of Passchendaele.