Penobscot D-Day Veteran, 91, To Deliver Speech in Normandy

Patty Wight
6/6/16
Monday will mark the 72nd anniversary of D-Day, the day that more than 160,000 Allied troops invaded the beach in Normandy, France, to fight Nazi Germany...

Alone Without a Tribe; Native Vet Traces His Roots at Carlisle Indian School

Doug Meigs
5/16/16
The U.S...

Deputy Chief Crittenden awarded 2015 Distinguished Service Award

Cherokee Nation Release
8/2/15
U.S. Navy veteran and Deputy Chief of the Cherokee Nation S. Joe Crittenden was awarded the 2015 Distinguished Service Award by the Disabled American Veterans of Oklahoma in June...

Wisconsin Honors Native WWII Vet on His 92nd Birthday

Vincent Schilling
3/24/15
Last Tuesday, March 10, Richard Ackley Senior was honored by the state of Wisconsin on his 92nd birthday for his service in the military in WWII...

Native Veteran Has Traditional Long Hair Cut Off In Nursing Home

Vincent Schilling
2/7/15
A 65-year-old Native Vietnam veteran staying at the Ashland Rehabilitation Center and Nursing Facility in Ashland, Virginia has recently had his traditional long hair cut off witho...

Cherokee World War II Veteran’s Copy of Lord’s Prayer Donated to Smithsonian

Cherokee Nation Release
12/23/14
A copy of the Lord’s Prayer in the Cherokee language carried by a Cherokee World War II veteran is now in the possession of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the Ame...

A Decorated Veteran With the Heart of a Teacher and the Eyes of Geronimo

Lynn Armitage
12/21/14
“You know, you look like Geronimo,” the mayor of Menifee, California, once told Michael Cano. It’s no wonder...

Native American Navy Veteran Paved Way for Career Field, Honors Heritage

DoD News
12/15/14
For one female Navy pioneer, she continued to lead the way as the head woman dancer at a recent Native American Veterans Association Annual Veterans Appreciation and Heritage Day P...

A Family Tradition of Military Service Leads Birdwell to the VA

Tanya H. Lee
10/24/14
A daughter and granddaughter of Vietnam, World War II and World War I veterans, Stephanie Birdwell, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, brings understanding and passion to her job as the ...

An Unstoppable Attitude, Sgt. Kisha Makerney Thrives, Despite Loss of Her Leg

Bret Moss, Choctaw Nation
7/29/14
A conversation with Army National Guardsman Sgt. Kisha Makerney is a motivating experience...

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