Through oral interviews, biographies and personal accounts, I hope to address this objective and show the public through names, faces and personal accounts why and in what capacity did these Diné (Navajo) and Hodenosaunee (Iroquois) women serve in the armed services. 

FROM BRANT TO PIESTEWA: 

AN OBSERVATION OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF FEMALE VETERANS

FROM TWO INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICAN NATIONS      

Native American Women Veteran survey

 

Thank you for the time you spent filling this survey out and for your history. 

I hope to have my thesis completed by March of 2005. 

I am so grateful for the help I have received and the information

I will be able to write about. 

If you could take a couple of minutes and tell me your story

 I would be honored.

 

Name: __________________________    Tribal Affiliation___________________

  

Military Branch served __________________

 

 

Years served in military________ to ________

 

 

Signature: ______________________________________________

 

 

1.        Why did you join the service?

 

 

 

 

2.        Did you grow up in a traditional family, Reservation or

in an urban area with little tribal contact?

 

 

 

 

3.        What ethnic category did the service label you? 

 (White, Black, Other, American Indian)

 

 

 

 

4.        Did you serve with any other American Indians?

If yes, explain.

 

 

 

 

5.        How were you treated in the service? 

Did you face any racism or discrimination because of your ethnicity?

 

 

 

 

 

6.        Were there any assumptions made by your commanding officers

about your ability or performance because of your Indian heritage?

If yes, what assumptions?

 

 

 

 

7.        Were there any assumptions made by your peers about your ability

or performance because of your Indian heritage?

If yes, what assumptions?

 

 

 

 

8.        Did you experience any discrimination due to your gender?

 

 

 

9.        Do you have any stories about your experience in the service

that your would like to share?

 

 

 

 

10.     Can you remember one person or thing that influenced your reasons

 for joining the service?

 

 

 

 

11.     How were you treated when you came home from serving in the military? 

 

 

 

 

12.     Would you recommend other women to join the service? 

And what advice would you give them?

 

Also I would like to ask your permission to use your answers,

your name and to recognize you in my paper.

If that is possible please comment below.
 

 

Sincerely yours,
Angela Loomis