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An illustrated history of Native Americans in the United States military, from just after the Civil War through World War II, which includes a look at the uniforms and equipment they used.

"Amidst a complicated history of mistreatment by and distrust of the American government, the Navajo people--especially bilingual code talkers--helped the Allies win World War II"--

They were U.S. army officers. Just a few years earlier, some had been slaves. Several thousand African Americans served as soldiers in the Indian Wars and in the Cuban campaign of the Spanish-American War in the latter part of the nineteenth century. They were known as buffalo soldiers, believed to have been named by Indians who had seen a similarity between the coarse hair and dark skin of the soldiers and the coats of the buffalo. Twenty-three of...

"Our Documents tells the story of the American nation through a collection of 100 history-changing documents. Together, these landmark documents chronicle the centuries of social and political upheaval as the country struggled to define itself as a new nation and then to assume its place as a global power. Judged by the National Archives to be the most essential in the development of the United States, the documents collected here include such milestones...