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  • More benefits claims support available to Native American Veterans

    More benefits claims support available to Native American Veterans

    Veterans who are members of the Navajo Nation now have more options when it comes to support for pursuing benefits claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs.

  • New program aims to improve care for Native American Veterans

    New program aims to improve care for Native American Veterans

    As efforts to expand VA’s outreach to Native American Veterans get underway, careers in rural facilities offer abundant opportunities.

  • How VA serves Native American Veterans

    How VA serves Native American Veterans

    This November, VA celebrates Native American Heritage Month and recognizes Native American military Veterans. At VA, we are dedicated to ensuring Native American Veterans and members get the world-class benefits and services they have earned.

  • Public can approach Tomb, see Native American Honor Guard

    Public can approach Tomb, see Native American Honor Guard

    The public will be able to walk on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza and lay flowers in front of the Tomb on Nov. 9 and 10, 2021. The flower ceremony will start at 8 a.m. Nov. 9 with representatives from the Crow Nation placing flowers at the Tomb. They will recite a prayer in honor of Chief Plenty Coups, who served as a scout for the U.S. Army.

  • Native American, rural Veterans connect with nurse

    Native American, rural Veterans connect with nurse

    Nurse practitioner provides tele-primary care to Native American and rural Veterans in remote areas. “I love being able to impact them.”

  • VA facility stores COVID-19 vaccine at ultra-low temperatures for use by Native Americans

    VA facility stores COVID-19 vaccine at ultra-low temperatures for use by Native Americans

    The freezers, which are much larger than a standard household refrigerator, can each store about 40,000 vials. Every vial contains up to six doses of the vaccine. About 70,000 doses have been administered thus far.

  • VBA Celebrates Native American Heritage Day

    VBA Celebrates Native American Heritage Day

    VBA proudly celebrates Native American Heritage Day. This day was established to honor and recognize the first people of this nation – Native Americans – and to celebrate their cultural heritage and integral importance to our past, present and future.

  • Native American Veteran care at center of hearing

    Native American Veteran care at center of hearing

    Native American Veteran care and benefits were at the center of a Nov. 20 Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill.

  • The Warrior Tradition: PBS documentary highlights Native American Veterans

    The Warrior Tradition: PBS documentary highlights Native American Veterans

    The Warrior Tradition tells the astonishing, heartbreaking, inspiring, and largely-untold story of Native Americans in the United States military.

  • Competing on behalf of Native American tribe, Marine Veteran earns gold medals at Golden Age Games

    Competing on behalf of Native American tribe, Marine Veteran earns gold medals at Golden Age Games

    Marine Veteran proudly competed at the National Veterans Golden Age Games on behalf of Choctaw Nation and earned gold medals.

  • Design selected for Smithsonian’s National Native American Veterans Memorial

    Design selected for Smithsonian’s National Native American Veterans Memorial

    “Warriors’ Circle of Honor” design by Vietnam Veteran Harvey Pratt—Cheyenne and Arapaho, Marine Corps Veteran, Forensic Artist— selected for Smithsonian museum grounds

  • Veterans Legacy Program: Major David Moniac, first Native American West Point graduate and leader of the Creek Volunteers

    Veterans Legacy Program: Major David Moniac, first Native American West Point graduate and leader of the Creek Volunteers

    Maj. David Moniac was the first Native American to attend [...]

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Last updated July 26, 2022

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