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Alexander Wuttunee Decoteau (November 19, 1887 – October 30, 1917), was a Cree Canadian track and field athlete, police officer and soldier. A member of the Red Pheasant First Nation , he joined the Edmonton Police in 1911 becoming the first Indigenous police officer in Canada.
May 2, 2023 · DeCoteau was a long-distance runner (see Notable Indigenous Long-Distance Runners in Canada) and became Canada’s first Indigenous police officer. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) and served on the Western Front. DeCoteau was killed in action during the Battle of Passchendaele.
Jul 19, 2021 · Decouteau was dead at 29, five years after competing for Canada at the Olympic Games. Decoteau’s body, as the story tells it, was then looted for souvenirs. A pocket watch given to him...
Born on the 19th of November in 1897, Alex Decoteau of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation was an accomplished Indigenous Canadian athlete who later served in the Canadian Corps during the First World War.
Discover the story of Alex DeCoteau, an olympian, the first Indigenous Police Officer in Canada, and a solider in the First World War.
Nov 10, 2017 · Alexander Decoteau, 29 when he died in WWI’s Battle of Passchendaele 100 years ago, was the first Indigenous cop in Canada. His great-niece and an Edmonton police officer helped keep his...
Jan 20, 2015 · Alex Wuttunee Decoteau lived barely 30 years, yet he ran up an amazing record of achievement, contribution and sacrifice. He was one of the city’s earliest track champions, its best long distance runner and the first full-blooded aboriginal police officer in a municipal force in Canada.
