Rosier Book on Native American Culture's Contibutions to U.S.Politics

Paul C. Rosier's "Serving Their Country - American Indian Politics and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century" (Harvard University Press) makes the case for cultural accord. Indigenous people were utilized as "cultural ambassadors" during different conflicts throughout the 20th century. As part of a "cultural offensive" in Vietnam, indigenous people showed the face of patriotism to the South Vietnamese. To promote the idea of patriotic solidarity within the United States, indigenous soldiers represented a "hybrid American", blending tribal values with a duty to serve the country as a whole. But most of all, American Indians were vital to the effort to connect indigenous tribes of other countries to similarities found in the U.S. tribal cultures.

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