"Indian people have always
respected their Vets...
So when they come
home, they come home with honor and dignity.
Not like many of the non-Indians who came home to
outright
hostility."
Native American Vietnam
Veterans
During the Vietnam War, close to
90% of the 86,000 Indians who
enlisted
volunteered, giving Native Americans the highest record
of
service per capita of any ethnic
group. Over half served in combat.
Native American Vietnam
Veterans
their dreams, why they went,
warrior tradition, stereotypes,
coming
home, post-traumatic stress, being
"hardcore",
leadership, pride
Native American
Warriors
[Honors the Native
Americans killed in Vietnam]
Jim Northrup, Poet,
Veteran
[Located in right column, second from top]
Writer and former Marine
Jim Northrup reflects on his Vietnam War
experience. See the slideshow with photos by Steve Schapiro and
text by John Biewen, and listen
to excerpts from Northrup's
story-poems.
"Strong Hearts & Wounded Souls": by
Tom Holm
[a copy of this book
is in the DeCillis Collection at
the
De Anza College Library: DS 559.72 .H65
1996]
Michael A. Naranjo, Disabled Native
American Veteran and Artist
Native Veterans Association of
Northwestern Ontario
Jimerson's Cyberhome:
A Native American Vietnam Veteran
