Medicine bags and dog tags : American Indian veterans from colonial times to the second Iraq War / Al Carroll.

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Main Author: Carroll, Al
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
Indigenous veterans.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Government relations.
Indigenous peoples of North America > History.
United States > Armed Forces > Participation, Indian > History.
Physical Description:287 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "Let's see some of that Apache know-how" : depictions of Native veterans in fiction
  • "They kill Indians mostly, don't they?" : Rogers' Rangers and the adoption of Indian tactics
  • Before a Native veteran tradition can begin : the case of Mexico
  • Thunderbird warriors, injuneers, and the USNs Red Cloud : Native and pseudo-Indian images and names in the military
  • The super scout image : using a stereotype to help Native traditions revive
  • "Savages again" : World War II
  • The half-hidden spirit guide totemic mark : Korea
  • An American ka in Indian country : Vietnam
  • Bringing the war home : the American Indian movement, Wounded Knee II, counterinsurgency, and a new direction for warrior societies
  • "Fighting terrorism since 1492" : the Gulf War, the war in Afghanistan, and the second Iraq War
  • "A woman warrior, just like Lozen" : the meaning of the life of Lori Piestewa to Natives and non-natives.