American Indians Timeline

When America declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, American Indians were ready to step up and volunteer to serve in the military, as nurses, on the home front, and by contributing money. However, that enthusiasm and eagerness to join the cause was not always taken for granted. Education in the off-reservation boarding schools changed American Indian attitudes toward the federal government through assimilation, while legislative acts made citizenship for all a closer reality for those tribes without it. The events below shaped the environment that led to 12,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives joining the military and fighting loyally with distinction in the two years of war that America experienced.

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