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Native American Military Service
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 20th Century Warriors: Native American Participation in the United States Military 
 This site documents recent Native American participation in United States military actions. Find a summary of 20th century activity, Medal of Honor winners, and a history of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, who transmitted crucial information by the virtually unbreakable "code" of the Navajo language. Includes a Navajo Code Talker dictionary. From the Naval Historical Center of the Department of the Navy. http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-1.htm Topics: Languages, Native Americans, U.S. Military, World War II Last updated Nov 24, 2004 American Indian Heritage Month
This site commemorates the historical participation of Native Americans in the U.S. armed forces. Topics include American Indian Medal of Honor Recipients, Native American women veterans, and Native Americans in World War II and the Korean War. Includes links to related sites. From the U.S. Department of Defense. http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/nativeamerican01/ Topics: Military, Native Americans, Special Months Last updated Nov 5, 2006 National Cryptologic Museum
This museum "is the National Security Agency's principal gateway to the public. It shares the Nation's, as well as NSA's, cryptologic legacy and place in world history." The site features descriptions and images from exhibits on topics such as African-American cryptologic pioneers, women in American cryptology, World War II, the Cold War, and more. http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/museum/ Topics: Computers, Military, National Security, Native Americans Last updated Jan 27, 2009 Navajo Code Talkers
A website dedicated to the recognition of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, who "developed the most significant and successful military code of the time." Includes history of the Code Talkers, a photo gallery, background on the presentation of congressional medals for the Code Talkers, and a few related links. Provided by New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman, who sponsored the Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act of 2000. http://bingaman.senate.gov/features/codetalkers/ Topics: Computers, Languages, Military, Native Americans, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated May 12, 2007 Walter Mason Camp Collection
Collection of "86 photographic images, centering on [Walter Mason] Camp's interest in the Indian Wars of North America occurring between 1865 and 1890." Includes portraits of Native American leaders such as chiefs Big Road and Joseph, American military personnel such as General George Armstrong Custer, and various battle sites such as the Fetterman Massacre and the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee. From the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/camp/ Topics: Native Americans Last updated Dec 13, 2007 Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation: Resources
Links to articles on the role of women in the U.S. military beginning with the American Revolution, including essays on Black, Asian-American, Hispanic, and Native American women in the armed forces; a narrative of the struggle for racial equality by Army veterans Sarah Louise Keys and her attorney, Dovey Johnson Roundtree; and an article on military women honored on U.S. postage stamps. From the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. http://www.womensmemorial.org/Education/edresource.html Topics: Black Resources, Native Americans, Notable People: Women, U.S. Military, United States History, Women Last updated Mar 8, 2005 |
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