Native American Women Take Pride in Their Military Service
Published: 15 November 2024
By Dave Vergun
via the Department of Defense News website
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Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture, a Mohawk from Ontario, Canada, is shown in her U.S. Army nursing uniform during World War I.
Native American women, like their male counterparts, share a proud tradition of military service.
During the Revolutionary War, Tyonajanegan, an Oneida, fought on the side of the United States with her husband during the Battle of Oriskany, Aug. 6, 1777, in New York. She died in 1824 at the age of 84.
During the Revolutionary War, Tyonajanegan, an Oneida, fought on the side of the United States with her husband during the Battle of Oriskany, Aug. 6, 1777, in New York. The painting is by Don Troiani, Oneida Indian Nation.
The first active duty Native American women were four Sioux nuns, serving as Army nurses during the Spanish-American War, in 1898. One of them died in Cuba from an illness and was buried with military honors.
During World War I, 14 Native American women were in the Army Nurse Corps.
Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture, a Mohawk from Ontario, Canada, graduated from nursing school in New York in 1914 and found work there. In April 1917, when the United States entered the war, she volunteered for the Army Nurse Corps.
In February 1918, she sailed to France where she treated wounded soldiers in the hospital and on the battlefield. After the war, she moved back to her reservation in Canada and continued her nursing practice there. In April 1996, she died at age 106.
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