SHOW NOTES:

Memorial Day can feel complicated for Indigenous people. Many Native communities carry both pride in our veterans and pain from the history our people endured.

This week on Natives Follow Jesus, we talk honestly about:

• Native warrior traditions

• Indigenous military service

• historical trauma

• faith, lament, and healing through Jesus

We honor Native veterans while refusing to erase the truth of history. You can hold grief and gratitude at the same time. Walk in beauty, relatives.

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• Read more about Ira Hayes a World War II hero from the Pima Nation in Arizona from the Museum of Native American History here. Scroll down to view song made popular by Johnny Cash about the tragic death of Ira Hayes.
• Peruse the information about the Navajo Code Talkers here from the Gallup, New Mexico online postings honor the Navajo Code Talkers. You can scroll down to watch an hour long movie talking about the Navajo Code Talkers too.
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Join us for the next episode when you can find out how to count your blessings in your walk with Jesus.