"And Many Wore Moccasins"
American Indians participated in World War I as an extension of the population's ongoing efforts to shape social and political realities, resist cultural assimilation and segregation, and attain equality through service and sacrifice. Natives fought on the battlefield and the home front, and shared equally in the horrors and burdens of the time. Seventeen thousand American Indians were registered for service by war's end. Join Colorado Mesa University's Dr. Timothy Winegard as he describes the events that led to citizenship for the Native population in 1924 and highlights the wartime experiences of the Ute, Navajo, and Blackfoot Confederacy.

1/15/2013

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