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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Great War
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:32
	Publish Date:		2021-06-23 09:58:00
	Description:		Indigenous people have made significant contributions to every war the United States has ever fought. In twentieth-century conflicts, we often hear about the heroism of individuals like Ira Hayes, or of groups like the code talkers. What we rarely hear about are contributions from indigenous people on the home front. Members of America’s First Nations have fought in every major military battle in U.S. history. Of all those conflicts, World War I was a defining moment for how the U.S. government approached Tribal Nations. While many Indigenous peoples were drafted into the Great War, most who served volunteered. The hope was that fighting for democracy overseas would help in the fight for civil rights and full citizenship at home. More than 12,000 Native Americans served in the war, mostly in the army, although a few served in the Navy. Those who did not serve in combat helped the war effort just as other Americans did, by growing victory gardens, hosting fundraisers, buying war bonds,
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