Alex Decoteau
Born in 1887, Alex Decoteau of the Red Pheasant First Nation near Battleford, Sask., was only 30 when he died, but he left a lasting legacy in athletics and law enforcement in his short time.
He began running in school and when he moved to Edmonton he started winning middle-distance races, sometimes just days apart, and set numerous Western Canadian records. He competed for Canada at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, finishing sixth in the 5,000-metre event.
A year before those Summer Games, he joined the Edmonton City Police force, becoming the first First Nations police officer in Canada. He was killed in 1917 during the First World War on the Western Front.