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timeinc.net

historynet.com

loc.gov

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“The American Indians who served with Company E, 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, during World War I were some of the nation's first "code-talkers",”

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Native Americans still not having the right to vote and being seen as second class citizens

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Julia Reeves was a Native American and was one of the first U.S army nurses that was deployed to the pacific poses with patients

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Navajos in a U.S marine artillery regiment relay orders over a field radio in their native tongue

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https://www.fcpotawatomi.com/news/native-americans-in-the-military-world-war-ii/

http://www.californiaindianeducation.org/native_american_veterans/navajo_code_talkers.html

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/461.html

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The Native Americans received praises and rewards throughout the war. Although, when they returned home they still faced discrimination and were still considered second class citizens.

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(Not much is known about Native American Women in WWII) Julia Reeves joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1942. She was in one of the first medical units shipped to the Pacific. She remained there until the victory over Japan happened. Then, she returned to the U.S. where she served in a hospital during the Korean War.

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The Native American women did their part by joining the WACS, WAVES, and the Army Nurse Corps or (those who stayed home) handled the jobs originally for men such as farming, mechanics, delivery personnel, etc,.

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The Code talkers who completed their training would get sent to a Marine unit that was deployed in the Pacific theater. They acted as messengers who transmitted information about troop movements and orders in Navajo. They were praised for their accuracy and skill throughout the war.

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https://www.fcpotawatomi.com/news/native-americans-in-the-military-world-war-ii/

https://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/623

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/13-native-american-issues_us_55b7d801e4b0074ba5a6869c

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Indian veterans returned home with different expectations about how they were to be treated. While they had fought tyranny in Europe and in the Pacific and had been treated as equals during this fight, they returned home to find that they were still second-class citizens. The Indian veterans expected to be able to vote and when states attempted to deny them that right, they took their case to the courts. Throughout the country, barriers to Indian voting began to fall.

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Most of the time Native Americans returned as warriors, victorious warriors, and unwilling to accept the secondary status assigned to them by the larger society. They faced discrimination in housing, employment, education, land rights, water rights, and voting.

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As listed on Pearl Harbor Day, there were 5,000 Natives in the military. By the end of this historic war, over 24,000 reservation Natives and another 20,000 off-reservation Natives had served.

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Many of the Native American tribes viewed the Confederacy as the better choice due to its opposition to a central federal system which lacked a respect for the sovereignty of Indian nations.

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Native American soldiers served in WWI and WWII as the Navajo Code Talkers. In WWII, out of 350,000 American Indians that lived in the U.S., 45,000 enlisted in the armed forces. The Code Talkers took part in every assault the U.S. Marines. The Native American women also served as Women's Army Corps.

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On Aug. 3, 1990, President George H. W. Bush declared the month of November as National American Indian Heritage Month