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Why we serve : Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces

Title: Why we serve : Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces / Alexandra N. Harris, Mark G. Hirsch.
Author: Harris, Alexandra N., 1976-
Publication: Washington, DC : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, [2020]

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Description

x, 228 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm

Summary

"American Indians have served in our nation's military since colonial times. For many, military service is an extension of their warrior traditions. Others serve for love of home and country. Throughout Indian Country, servicemen and women are some of the most honored members of their communities. Charged by Congress with creating a memorial on its grounds, the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) will dedicate the National Native American Veterans Memorial in fall 2020 to give all Americans the opportunity "to learn of the proud and courageous tradition of service of Native Americans." Why We Serve commemorates the opening of the memorial through the history of Native military service in all its complexity, from colonial Native nations who forged alliances, attempting to preserve their sovereignty, to contemporary individuals celebrating their Indigenous culture while fighting in foreign conflicts."--

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical resources (pages 197-219) and index.

Contents

Introduction: "A Sacred Purpose to Protect this Place" -- Cultures of War -- The Promise and Peril of Alliance: From Contact to 1814 -- The Indians' Civil War: Choosing Sides -- Indian Wars, Indian Scouts -- Spanish-American War -- World War I -- World War II -- Korea -- Vietnam -- War and Peace -- Conflicts in the Middle East: 1991-2018 -- Honoring the Legacy of Service: The National Native American Veterans Memorial -- Afterword.

Call Number

JFF 21-30

ISBN

9781588346971
1588346978
9781588346995
1588346994

LCCN

2019015758

OCLC

1123182338

Author

Harris, Alexandra N., 1976- author.

Title

Why we serve : Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces / Alexandra N. Harris, Mark G. Hirsch.

Publisher

Washington, DC : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, [2020]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical resources (pages 197-219) and index.

Added Author

Hirsch, Mark G., author.

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.), publisher.

Smithsonian Institution, publisher.

Research Call Number

JFF 21-30

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