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American Women's Exhibit Opens at Women's Memorial
 ARLINGTON,
Va., —Army Spc. Lori Piestewa didn't move a mountain,
but her death on the battlefield in Iraq touched a nation and
changed a mountain's name. Full
Story
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Indians
Fight America's Wars Because 'This is Our Country, Too,' Choctaw
Says
 CHOCTAW,
Miss., — He
didn't call it patriotism, but that's exactly what it was when
Frank Henry joined the Army at age 17 in November 1944. Though
his people were among the first to inhabit this country, he
wasn't a citizen then and didn't have a draft card or any of
the other things citizens have. Full
Story
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Former
Sergeant Leads Destitute Tribe to Economic Prosperity, Self-Respect
CHOCTAW, Miss., — Gone
are the days when about three-quarters of the people on the
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian Reservation were unemployed
and one-third of them had no formal education. And gone are
the days when Choctaws were relegated to a livelihood of sharecropping,
labor-type jobs and welfare lines. Full
Story
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Last
WWII Comanche Code Talker Visits Pentagon, Arlington Cemetery
 WASHINGTON
— After
meeting with the defense secretary and other top Pentagon officials
on Nov. 5, Charles Chibitty, the last surviving World War II
Comanche code talker, donned his feathered Indian chief's headdress
and offered a prayer in the Pentagon Chapel for those killed
in the terrorist attack on the building. Full
Story
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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
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Army
Brat Spreads Word About Her Indian Culture in Powwow Dances,
Speeches
"I come to a powwow to be an Indian,
to get a sense of myself. This is part of Indian spirituality,
to help each other and to celebrate with each other. When I
come to powwows, I gain strength to carry on with my life."
— Rachel Snow, Assiniboin
WASHINGTON — 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
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Bolling's
Powwow Educates People About American Indians
 BOLLING
AIR FORCE BASE, D.C. — "American
Indians are very patriotic people," Southern Cheyenne Indian
Mel Whitebird told attendees at the second annual Veteran's
Powwow, here. "When you come to Powwows and are around
American Indian people, you'll realize that the highest honor
that can be obtained within our society is that of a warrior,"
said Whitebird, who served as master of ceremonies for the two-day
event. Full
Story
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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. Parker, a Seneca-Iroquois Indian,
was born in 1828 on the Tonawanda reservation in Indian Falls,
N.Y. Before his birth, a tribal prophet told Ely's (pronounced
E-lee) mother that her son would become a distinguished warrior
and peacemaker. Parker lived 67 years and achieved widespread
recognition as a scholar, tribal leader, Civil-War soldier,
and champion of Indian rights. Full
Story
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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.
She was probably born in 1790 in what is now Idaho. A member
of the Shoshone tribe, she was kidnapped as a child by the Hidatsa
tribe. The Hidatsas sold her as a slave to the Mandan Sioux
of modern-day North Dakota. Full Story
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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
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