2025 Genealogy Series -Researching Native American Veterans in the National Archives, 1881–1966

2025 Genealogy Series, Session 2 of 5 - From the Territory of Montana to the Republic of Vietnam; Researching Native American Veterans in the National Archives, 1881–1966 by Cody White, Kayla Dawkins, Rose Buchanan, and Leo Belleville Cody White is a Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records and an archivist at the National Archives at Denver Kayla Dawkins is a reference archives specialist at the National Archives at St. Louis Rose Buchanan is a a Subject Matter Expert for Native American Related Records and a reference archivist at the National Archives in Washington, DC Leo Belleville is an archivist at the National Archives at Chicago ⇒ Presentation Slides: https://www.archives.gov/files/calend... ⇒ Transcript: Request from KYR@nara.gov ⇒ Event Evaluation Form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KYREve... ⇒ 2025 Genealogy Series web page: https://www.archives.gov/calendar/gen... ⇒ 2025 Genealogy Series playlist:    • 2025 Genealogy Series   Native Americans have a long and distinguished history of service in the United States Armed Forces. Using a host of records from across National Archives facilities, this talk will explore how National Archives records can be used to reconstruct their lives and service, using case studies from the Indian Wars, World War II, and the Vietnam Conflict. 00:00 - Welcome 01:39 - Introduction to From the Territory of Montana to the Republic of Vietnam; Researching Native American Veterans in the National Archives, 1881–1966 01:55 - Presenter Biographies 03:29 - Session Overview 07:18 - The Fork 23:23 - John Werito 32:02 - Viola Eastman 45:13 - Tony Dedman 55:55 - Thanks 56:47 - Closing, Event Survey, Other Resources 57:50 - Questions and Answers in the chat #Genealogy #KnowYourRecords #GenealogySeries2025