Useful Links
Why We Serve: Native Americans in the U.S Armed Forces- World War I
https://americanindian.si.edu/static/why-we-serve/topics/world-war-1/
Support on the Battlefield and on the Homefront
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/edu-home/edu-topics/588-americans-at-war/4994-native-americans.html
Native Americans Sailors in World War I
Wartime Graduates of Carlisle Indian Industrial School
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/diversity/american-indians/native-americans-in-navy-wwi.html
World War One: The original code talkers
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26963624
Native American Code Talkers of World War I
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/american-indians-in-ww1-code-talkers.html
Choctaw Code Talkers of WWI
https://www.choctawnation.com/about/history/code-talkers/
https://americanindian.si.edu/static/why-we-serve/topics/world-war-1/
Support on the Battlefield and on the Homefront
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/edu-home/edu-topics/588-americans-at-war/4994-native-americans.html
Native Americans Sailors in World War I
Wartime Graduates of Carlisle Indian Industrial School
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/diversity/american-indians/native-americans-in-navy-wwi.html
World War One: The original code talkers
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26963624
Native American Code Talkers of World War I
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/american-indians-in-ww1-code-talkers.html
Choctaw Code Talkers of WWI
https://www.choctawnation.com/about/history/code-talkers/
Primary Sources
Featured Document Display: Honoring Native American Soldiers' World War I Service
https://museum.archives.gov/featured-document-display-honoring-native-american-soldiers-world-war-i-service
American Indians' service in World War I, 1920: A Spotlight on a Primary Source by John J. Pershing
“The ranks of the American Army in Europe were filled with representatives of practically every race, creed, and class in the world, who had united under our flag to save the civilization of Europe and to guarantee mankind against the oppression of a military autocracy. The presence of the American Indian as a soldier of our army, fighting on foreign fields for liberty and justice, presented a unique example of the development of the American Democracy . . .it was in the World War that the North American Indian took his place beside every other American in offering his life in the great cause, where as a splendid soldier, he fought with the courage and valor of his ancestors.”
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/american-indians-service-world-war-i-1920
A map presenting the role of North American Indians in the World War. The map was published by the Office of the Adjutant General of the Army in 1925
In great detail, the map shows Native American participation, graves, notable battles, and military decorations awarded in France and Belgium.
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2018/03/native-americans-in-the-first-world-war-and-the-fight-for-citizenship/?loclr=blogtea
https://museum.archives.gov/featured-document-display-honoring-native-american-soldiers-world-war-i-service
American Indians' service in World War I, 1920: A Spotlight on a Primary Source by John J. Pershing
“The ranks of the American Army in Europe were filled with representatives of practically every race, creed, and class in the world, who had united under our flag to save the civilization of Europe and to guarantee mankind against the oppression of a military autocracy. The presence of the American Indian as a soldier of our army, fighting on foreign fields for liberty and justice, presented a unique example of the development of the American Democracy . . .it was in the World War that the North American Indian took his place beside every other American in offering his life in the great cause, where as a splendid soldier, he fought with the courage and valor of his ancestors.”
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/american-indians-service-world-war-i-1920
A map presenting the role of North American Indians in the World War. The map was published by the Office of the Adjutant General of the Army in 1925
In great detail, the map shows Native American participation, graves, notable battles, and military decorations awarded in France and Belgium.
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2018/03/native-americans-in-the-first-world-war-and-the-fight-for-citizenship/?loclr=blogtea
Lessons
Native Americans in WWI
The contributions of American Indians to the war effort helped win the war and, in 1924, citizenship for all Indigenous peoples in the U.S.
https://wwichangedus.org/topics/native-american-service/#topic-resources
The contributions of American Indians to the war effort helped win the war and, in 1924, citizenship for all Indigenous peoples in the U.S.
https://wwichangedus.org/topics/native-american-service/#topic-resources