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The following are suggested Subject Headings to use to find additional resources related to this topic:

Unites States--Armed Forces--Indians

United States. Army--Indians

United States. Navy--Indians

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, Indian

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Indian

World War, 1939-1945--Indians

Web Sites for Native American Military

Contributions of American Indians to the U.S. Navy
U. S. Naval History & Heritage Command
DOD Honors Native Americans and Their Many Contributions to the Nation
U.S. Dept. of Defense, DOD News, Nov. 1, 2021
Legacies of Service: Celebrating Native Americans
(Stories from the Veterans History Project)
U.S. Library of Congress
National Native America Veterans Memorial
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
--The National Native American Veterans Memorial opened on November 11, 2020, on the grounds of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. This tribute to Native heroes recognizes for the first time on a national scale the enduring and distinguished service of Native Americans in every branch of the US military.
Native American Military Service and Sacrifice
U.S. Dept. of HHS, Adm. for Children & Families, May 30, 2016
Native Americans and the U.S. Military (Army)
U.S. Army. Center for Military History
---Historical information, including information on Native American Medal of Honor recipients and Navajo Code Talkers in WWII.
Native Americans in the Military
U.S. Dept. of Defense, Environment, Safety & Occupational Health Network and Information Exchange (DENIX) 2023
Native Americans in the U.S. Army
U.S. Army
Native American Veterans
U.S. National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Native Words, Native Warriors
U.S. National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Navajo Code Talkers: A Guide to First-Person Narratives in the Veterans History Project
U.S. Library of Congress
---Includes profiles of Code Talkers and links to other resources
Understanding America: The Legacy of Native American Military Service
U.S. Dept. of State, FPC Briefing, Nov. 8, 2021
Why We Serve-- Native American in the United States Armed Forces
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (Online Exhibit)
--Why We Serve honors the generations of Native Americans who have served in the armed forces of the United States—often in extraordinary numbers—since the American Revolution.

Web Resources for Native American Military

"A Novel Proposition: Indian Regulars in the U.S. Army in the 1890s"
by David McCormick
ARMY HISTORY, no. 114 (2020, Winter) pg 6-15
"On the Western Front: Two Iroquois Nurses in World War I"
by Laurence M. Hauptman
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN MAGAZINE, v. 19, no. 3 (Fall 2018), p. 28-33
20th Century Warriors: Native American Participation in the United States Military
U.S. Dept. of Defense, Naval History and Heritage Command, 1996 [HTML]
American Indian and Alaska Native Servicemembers and Veterans
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Sept. 2012 [28 pgs]
Indians in the War: Burial of a Brave
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, 1945 [HTML]
Native American Medal of Honor Recipients
U.S. Army, Center of Military History, 2021 [HTML]
Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary
U.S. Dept. of Defence, Naval History and Heritage Command, 1945
Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet
U.S. Dept. of Defense, Naval History and Heritage Command, 2020 [HTML]
NHHC Director's Brief: Native American Commemoration Month
NHHC Command Brief, 2008 [21 pg]

Library Resources for Native American Military

"A Novel Proposition: Indian Regulars in the U.S. Army in the 1890s"
by David McCormick
ARMY HISTORY, no. 114, (2020, Winter) pg 6-15
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South, Non-Circ)
D 114.20:114
20th Century Warriors: Native American Participation in the United States Military
U.S. Dept. of Defense, 1996
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
D 1.2:W 25
American Indians and the Civil War
(Official National Park Service Handbook)
U.S. National Park Service, Eastern National, 2002
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
I 29.9/2:C 49/3
Indians in the War: Burial of a Brave
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs 1945
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
I 20.2:IN 2/14
Patriots of Color: "a peculiar beauty and merit": African Americans and Native Americans at Battle Road & Bunker Hill
U.S. National Park Service, Boston National Historical Park, 2004
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
I 29.2:P 27

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