{"id":144506,"date":"2025-05-19T08:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=144506"},"modified":"2025-05-19T08:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:55:36","slug":"national-museum-of-the-american-indian-hosts-native-veterans-for-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/19\/national-museum-of-the-american-indian-hosts-native-veterans-for-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Museum of the American Indian hosts Native veterans for Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VEGFwQt31CY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">National Museum of the American Indian: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/VEGFwQt31CY>Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">National Museum of the American Indian hosts Native veterans for Memorial Day<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, May 19, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/americanindian.si.edu\">National Museum of the American Indian<\/a> (NMAI) is recognizing the contributions of Native veterans for an event on Memorial Day.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe event, titled <a href=https:\/\/americanindian.si.edu\/events\/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D182366676>Service and Sacrifice<\/a>, takes place on May 26 at the NMAI in Washington, D.C. Attendees will hear from Native veterans, make prayer ties to remember loved ones and attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the <a href=\"https:\/\/americanindian.si.edu\/visit\/washington\/nnavm\">National Native American Veterans Memorial<\/a>, which opened in November 2020 and was dedicated in November 2022.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nVisitors can also view  <a href=\"https:\/\/americanindian.si.edu\/why-we-serve\/\">Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces<\/a>. The  <a href=\"https:\/\/americanindian.si.edu\/explore\/exhibitions\/item?id=1008\">ongoing exhibition<\/a> shares the stories of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian members of the military, whose service goes back more than 250 years to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\">Revolutionary War<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nFor those who aren&#8217;t able to attend in person, NMAI plans to host a livestream   on the day of the event at  <a href=https:\/\/americanindian.si.edu\/livestream>AmericanIndian.si.edu\/livestream<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAmerican Indians and Alaska Natives enlist in the U.S. military at the highest rates per capita of any group in the nation. Despite their service, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/\">Department of Defense<\/a> has canceled   <a href=\"https:\/\/nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov\">National Native American Heritage Month<\/a> following orders by President Donald Trump to eliminate so-called diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/19\/national-museum-of-the-american-indian-hosts-native-veterans-for-memorial-day\/nationalnativeamericanveteransmemorial-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-144514\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"144514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/05\/19\/national-museum-of-the-american-indian-hosts-native-veterans-for-memorial-day\/nationalnativeamericanveteransmemorial-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/19\/nationalnativeamericanveteransmemorial.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"National Native American Veterans Memorial\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;National Native American Veterans Memorial&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A wreath created by Shayai Lucero (Pueblo of Acoma\/Pueblo of Laguna), owner of Earth &amp;#038; Sky Floral Designs in New Mexico, lays at the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., following a Veterans Day event in November 2024. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/19\/nationalnativeamericanveteransmemorial.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/19\/nationalnativeamericanveteransmemorial.jpg\" alt=\"National Native American Veterans Memorial\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-144514\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">\r\nA wreath created by Shayai Lucero (Pueblo of Acoma\/Pueblo of Laguna), owner of Earth &#038; Sky Floral Designs in New Mexico, lays at the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., following a Veterans Day event in November 2024. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/19\/cronkite-news-navajo-code-talker-blasts-removal-of-content-from-u-s-military-sites-as-racist\/\" title=\"Cronkite News: Navajo Code Talker blasts removal of content from U.S. military sites as \u2018racist\u2019\">Cronkite News: Navajo Code Talker blasts removal of content from U.S. military sites as \u2018racist\u2019<\/a> (March 19, 2025)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/03\/department-of-defense-cancels-national-native-american-heritage-month\/\" title=\"Department of Defense cancels National Native American Heritage Month\">Department of Defense cancels National Native American Heritage Month<\/a> (February 3, 2025)<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Museum of the American Indian is recognizing the contributions of Native veterans for an event on Memorial Day.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[346,698,75,490,770,672,47,2201,57],"class_list":["post-144506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-dc","tag-defense","tag-donald-trump","tag-museums","tag-native-american-heritage-month","tag-nmai","tag-race","tag-smithsonian","tag-veterans","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/19\/nationalnativeamericanveteransmemorial.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-BAK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144506"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144521,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144506\/revisions\/144521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}