Between Cultures: Sioux Warriors and the Vietnam War

Of the 2.5 million men and women who served during Vietnam, 42,000 were Native American.1 In particular, the Lakota and Dakota Sioux of the northern Great Plains used the Vietnam War to emulate traditional expectations established by previous generations of Sioux warriors and veterans. As will be ex...

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Published inGreat plains quarterly Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 357 - 375
Main Author LITTLE, JOHN A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lincoln THE CENTER FOR GREAT PLAINS STUDIES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS 01.09.2015
University of Nebraska Press
Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Subjects
African Americans
Alcohol Abuse
American history
Autobiographies
Biographies
Community Relations
Ethnicity
Hispanic Americans
Historians
Mexican Americans
Military draft
Military Personnel
Native North Americans
Numbers
Patriotism
Tribes
Veterans
Vietnam War
War
Great Plains
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Summary:Of the 2.5 million men and women who served during Vietnam, 42,000 were Native American.1 In particular, the Lakota and Dakota Sioux of the northern Great Plains used the Vietnam War to emulate traditional expectations established by previous generations of Sioux warriors and veterans. As will be examined, these expectations developed not only from earlier generations' pre- and postcontact defensive and survival measures but also from latter generations that served in American wars such as World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.
ISSN:0275-7664
2333-5092
2333-5092
DOI:10.1353/gpq.2015.0062