"American Indigenous peoples have willingly served in the U.S. military during every one of our country's wars, and their numbers in the armed forces today exceed the percentage of any other ethnic group. What inspires these young people to enlist? One important reason is the opportunity to continue a proud warrior tradition in which the deeds of battle are considered the highest form of bravery-- a cultural context that is thrillingly detailed in Warriors in Uniform. Author Herman J. Viola sets this powerful story against a chronology of conflict from the 1770s to the present, detailing the surprising roles of Indigenous soldiers in America's two wars with Britain--and the poignant reason 15,000 Indigenous Americans wore Confederate gray. We learn why the Great War proved a watershed for Indigenous Americans, and how they have served with distinction in both world wars, as well as in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq"