Native America Calling: Honoring Native veterans

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Honoring Native veterans

This Veterans Day, officials are formally dedicating the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.

It’s been years in the making and the design is like no other veterans monument, welcoming members of the public since 2020.

The National Native American Veterans Memorial at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Tuesday on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce speaks with Native veterans about progress in awareness and recognition for the population that has the highest per capita participation in military service.

Guests on Native America Calling

Harvey Pratt (Cheyenne and Arapaho), artist and veteran, designer of National Native American Veterans Memorial

Alexandra Harris, senior editor at the National Museum of the American Indian and co-author of “Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces”

Candy Grimes, Adjudication Services Section Chief for the Bureau of Land Management.