Honoring Our Native American Veterans

The Library of Congress, in collaboration with the National Indian Education Association (NIEA), the Veteran’s Legacy Program at the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs, and other local and regional partners, completed an exciting project, entitled Warriors in Uniform, that honors our Native American veterans across Indian Country.

NIEA’s Warriors in Uniform programming brings together Native subject matter experts, curriculum writers, teachers, and historians who are committed to the mission of illuminating the experiences of our Native American veterans, through primary and secondary sources. While one project utilized primary sources from the Library of Congress and community sources, our current project Illuminating the Contributions of Native American Veteran’s in Montana is building instructional resources using firsthand accounts and stories from veteran’s across all tribes in Montana. This set of resources will be shared through Montana’s Indian Education For All platform and released in 2024.

Additionally, the collection of resources and curriculum will be digitally available on the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Resource Repository to be shared with local tribes, schools, communities, the Library of Congress, and the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).

NIEA proudly honors and uplifts all Native veterans across Indian Country. For more information, or to support our Warriors in Uniform initiative, please contact Dr. Casie Wise, cwise@niea.org, 202-847-0042.