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  • The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II

    by William C. Meadows ...
    The true story of the US Army's Comanche Code Talkers, from their recruitment and training to active duty in World War II and postwar life.Among the allied troops that came ashore in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were thirteen Comanches in the 4th Infantry Division, 4th Signal Company. Under German fire they laid communications lines and began sending messages in a form never before heard in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kiowa, Apache, & Comanche Military Societies

    Enduring Veterans, 1800 to the Present

    by William C. Meadows ...
    For many Plains Indians, being a warrior and veteran has long been the traditional pathway to male honor and status. Men and boys formed military societies to celebrate victories in war, to perform community service, and to prepare young men for their role as warriors and hunters. By preserving cultural forms contained in song, dance, ritual, language, kinship, economics, naming, and other ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Handgame of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache

    Spirited Competition on the Southern Plains

    by William C. Meadows ...
    Series series Swaim-Paup Sports Series, sponsored by James C. '74 & Debra Parchman Swaim and T. Edgar '74 & Nancy Paup
    The North American handgame has a long lineage, attested in the myth, oral traditions, and archaeological records of Native American people. In The Handgame of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache: Spirited Competition on the Southern Plains, noted scholar William C. Meadows examines the game’s history, evolution, and practice from origin accounts to the present day among people of the Southern Plains ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Inclusion in the American Military

    A Force for Diversity

    by Morten G. Ender, Ryan Kelty, David E. Rohall, Michael D. Matthews, Michelle A. Butler Samuels, Karin De Angelis, Hise Gibson0, JooHee Han1, Janice Laurence2, Katie E. Matthew3, William C. Meadows4, Kris J. Moore5, Richard E. Niemeyer6, Judith E. Rosenstein7, Michelle Sandhoff8, Deenesh Sohoni9, David Smith0, Liat Shapiro1, Eiko Strader2, Jae Yu3 ...
    The US military is one of the largest employers in the country and is a relative microcosm of American society, bringing in people from diverse backgrounds and history to defend the nation from all enemies. Military and civilian leaders address the same challenges as those found in the civilian world, including diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging. The US military has both led and followed ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • The First Code Talkers

    Native American Communicators in World War I

    by William C. Meadows ...
    Many Americans know something about the Navajo code talkers in World War II—but little else about the military service of Native Americans, who have served in our armed forces since the American Revolution, and still serve in larger numbers than any other ethnic group. But, as we learn in this splendid work of historical restitution, code talking originated in World War I among Native soldiers ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Kiowa Ethnogeography

    by William C. Meadows ...
    Examining the place names, geographical knowledge, and cultural associations of the Kiowa from the earliest recorded sources to the present, Kiowa Ethnogeography is the most in-depth study of its kind in the realm of Plains Indian tribal analysis. Linking geography to political and social changes, William Meadows applies a chronological approach that demonstrates a cultural evolution within the ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Through Indian Sign Language

    The Fort Sill Ledgers of Hugh Lenox Scott and Iseeo, 1889–1897

    Edited by William C. Meadows ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    Hugh Lenox Scott, who would one day serve as chief of staff of the U.S. Army, spent a portion of his early career at Fort Sill, in Indian and, later, Oklahoma Territory. There, from 1891 to 1897, he commanded Troop L, 7th Cavalry, an all-Indian unit. From members of this unit, in particular a Kiowa soldier named Iseeo, Scott collected three volumes of information on American Indian life and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Whose Middle Ages?

    Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past

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  • Strange and Obscure Stories of World War II

    Little-Known Tales about the Second World War

    by Don Aines ...
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