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President's Proclamation American Indian Medal of Honor Recipients American Indian Participation in the United States Military Native American Women Veterans American Indians in World War II Native Americans in the Korean War   Indian Health Service Bureau of Indian Affairs National Park Service Native American History and Culture   Delicious Foods and Recipes from Native American Indian Tribes Code Talkers Use of the Native Indian Tongue for Secure Communications   Honorable Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. Senator John Bennett Herrington Lieutenant Commander, USN: 1st American Indian Astronaut Security and Privacy Disclaimer   Apache Scout William Major with an officer of the 25th Infantry in the 1930s. Apache Scout Kessay mounted on the parade field, in the early 1940s. L to R: Corporal Jim Lane, John Rope, and Kassey Y-32. Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, 1942. Sergeant Sinew L Riley is teaching his son, Larrie H. Indian wood lore. Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, 1942. Army U.S. Army Center of Military History Navy American Indian Medal of Honor Recipients Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet   Department of Interior National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native American Programs National Museum of the American Indian Biography of Signew L. Riley: Third generation Indian Scout Army Brat Spreads Word About Her Indian Culture in Powwow Dances, Speeches WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2001 — Every time Boe Harris- Nakakakena speaks and dances at a school, university, civic meeting, veteran's organization or Powwow, someone always ask, "Do you still live in a teepee? Do you still hunt for your food?" Full Story  Remarks by the President in a Ceremony Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers WASHINGTON, U.S. Capitol — The President: Thank you very much. Today, America honors 21 Native Americans who, in a desperate hour, gave their country a service only they could give.  In war, using their native language, they relayed secret messages that turned the course of battle.  At home, they carried for decades the secret of their own heroism.  Today, we give these exceptional Marines the recognition they earned so long ago. Full Story    DoD Honors Last Comanche World War II "Code Talker" WASHINGTON — Charles Chibitty, 78, was honored here Nov. 30 as the last surviving World War II Army Comanche "code talker" during an emotional ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes. Full Story   Veteran Recalls Navajo Code Talkers' War in the Pacific FORT HUACHUCA, AZ. — America's World War II island-hopping campaign in the Pacific was about to start in 1942, and the U.S. military still didn't have something it desperately needed — a communications code the Japanese couldn't break. Full Story    Seneca Chief Fought Greed, Injustice WASHINGTON — Ely S. Parker was a 19th-century American Indian of exceptional intellect and ability who admirably served his country, and his people, in war and peace during a period of great change. Full Story    Sacagawea: The Saga of a Shoshone WASHINGTON — She was a slave, a woman and an Indian. And America might not be what it is today without Sacagawea. Full Story    DoD Implements New American Indian, Alaska Native Policy MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A new policy aimed at guiding DoD's interaction with American Indians and Alaska Natives was presented here Oct. 21 to tribal elders, leaders and delegates at the annual meeting of the National Congress of American Indians. Full Story    Marine Creates Native American Powwow to Honor Veterans UPPER MARLBORO, MD. — Representatives of nearly 100 tribes from more than 30 states and Canada gathered here Nov. 7-8 to pay tribute to military veterans during the second annual National Native American Veterans Powwow. Full Story    Iwo Jima Flag Raiser Ira Hamilton Hayes is a full blood Pima Indian and was born in Sacaton, Arizona, on the Pima Reservation on Jan 12, 1923. When he enlisted in the Marine Corps, he had hardly ever been off the Reservation. His Chief told him to be an "Honorable Warrior" and bring honor upon his family. Full Story   Sacagawea - A Golden Inspiration Top

 

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