Article details the contributions of Cherokees abroad and on the home front during World War I. Jason Herbert analyzes the expression of identity in these efforts and also includes recollections from individual soldiers.
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Article details the contributions of Cherokees abroad and on the home front during World War I. Jason Herbert analyzes the expression of identity in these efforts and also includes recollections from individual soldiers.
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26 p. : ill.
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Abstract: A large percentage of American Indian men joined the military to serve in World War I, including the nearly 50 percent of eligible Cherokee men who enlisted. Jason Herbert describes the contributions of Cherokees both overseas and on the home front, and analyzes the ways in which the war affected tribal members' self-identity as Americans and Cherokees.
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The Chronicles of Oklahoma
The Chronicles of Oklahoma is the scholarly journal published by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It is a quarterly publication and was first published in 1921.