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DIRECTOR’S LETTER: IN THEIR HONOR 8 10 14 18 24 30 36
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PERSPECTIVE: RECOGNITION MATTERS Acknowledging the contributions of Native veterans is long overdue
PEACEMAKERS
Indigenous leaders who sought to make and keep peace between Native and other nations
THE CODE TALKERS’ LEGACY Native languages helped the Allies alter the course of both World Wars
WOMEN WARRIORS Indigenous women fought and served on many fronts
THE LONG JOURNEY HOME Culture and community help Native veterans heal
ON THE COVERS
THE MAKING OF A MEMORIAL From concept to creation, the path to a national recognition of Indigenous veterans
AN ENDURING TRIBUTE TO NATIVE
WHY WE SERVE A new exhibition explores the legacy of Native Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces
NMAI ONLINE Virtual programs, exhibition and other resources
NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS MEMORIAL SUPPORTERS
Front cover: The National Native American Veterans Memorial during construction on the grounds of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Back cover: Lakota Women Warriors color guard. Left to right: U.S. Army veteran Kella With Horn (Two Kettle Band, Cheyenne River Sioux) with U.S. flag; U.S. Army veteran Chelaine Knudsen (Yankton/Rosebud Sioux), holding a U.S. flag said to have flown at the World Trade Center complex on September 11, 2001; and U.S. Navy veteran Marilee Spottedwolf (Northern Cheyenne), holding the Harriet Goodiron Gold Star Mother Flag at the 2019 Sycuan Powwow in California.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 3 VETERANS
FALL 2020 COMMEMORATIVE NATIVE VETERANS ISSUE VOL. 21 NO. 3
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE / FALL 2020
PHOTO: ALAN KARCHMER FOR NMAI
PHOTO COURTESY OF KELLA WITH HORN
PHOTO BY TOMAS ALEJO
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