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The Warrior Tradition

The Warrior Tradition

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The Warrior Tradition

2019

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The astonishing, heartbreaking, inspiring, and largely-untold story of Native Americans in the United States military. Why do they do it? Why would Indian men and women put their lives on the line for the very government that took their homelands?

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Directed by: Lawrence Hott
Written by: Ken Chowder

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