Books:

Bergerud, Eric M. Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning: The World of a Combat Division in Vietnam. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993.

Birdwell, Dwight and Keith Nolan. A Hundred Miles of Bad Road: An Armored Cavalryman in Vietnam, 1967-68. Novato, California: Presidio, 1997.

Dwight Birdwell, a man of Cherokee descent, tells of his experiences as a young    man in a tank unit during the Vietnam conflict, including his participation in the         Tet Offensive. 

Cole, Stephen. Silent Warrior. Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications, 1994.

Cummings, Delano. Moon Dash Warrior: The Story of an American Indian in Vietnam, a Marine from the Land of the Lumbee. Livermore, ME: Signal Tree Publications, 1998.

This book is the author’s memoirs of the Vietnam conflict.  A noted contribution of Delano’s work is his ability to provide insight into an individual soldier’s feelings and responses to the war.

 

_____. River Dreams: Tales of a Lumbee Warrior. Edited by Marian Novak, illustrated by Eileen Harrison with Van Wilkins. Livermore, ME: Signal Tree Publications, 2001.

Drinnon, Richard. Facing West: The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire-Building. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1980. Reprint, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997.

This book deals with racial attitudes toward American Indians and the ways in which these translated into American expansionist ideology into the twentieth century.

Holm, Tom. Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996.

In this book, Tom Holm looks at the history of American Indian participation in the U.S. military.  He examines the experiences of American Indian Vietnam veterans in the field and after returning home, aided by veteran surveys, personal interviews and correspondence.

Kipp, Woody. Viet Cong at Wounded Knee: The Trail of a Blackfeet Activist. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004.

This is the story of a Vietnam veteran who returned home and became active in the American  Indian Movement.

 

Mendoza, Vincent. Son of Two Bloods. Lincoln: University Nebraska Press, 1996.

This book is a memoir written by Mendoza who is of Mexican and Creek descent.  In this book he describes a life between two cultures as well as his experiences as a Marine in Vietnam.

Mitchell, Larry. Potawatomi Tracks: the Ballad of Vietnam and Other Stories. San Francisco: Heliographica, 2004.

This book contains the story of a Potawatomi Vietnam veteran and his struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Northrup, Jim. Walking the Rez Road. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1993.

Red Eagle, Phillip. Red Earth: A Vietnam Warrior's Journey. Duluth, Minnesota: Holy Cow! Press, 1997.

Red Eagle’s book includes two stories.  He discusses Native American veterans issues with Post Traumatic Stress syndrome as well as Native world views.

St. Pierre, Mark. Of Uncommon Birth: Dakota Sons in Vietnam. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003.

This book is  an attempt to provide the perspectives of both Native and non-Native Vietnam veterans from South Dakota.  In this book St. Pierre conveys the experiences of a Pine Ridge Lakota man named Frank William Jealous of Him.

TeCube, Leroy. Year in Nam: a Native American Soldier's Story. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.

Leroy TeCube, a Jicarilla Apache man, tells of his experiences as an infantryman in Vietnam during the late 1960s.

Theses, Dissertations, and Articles:

Andrews, Scott. “Indians in Indian Country.” Studies of American Indian Literature 14:4 (Winter, 2002): 37-47.

Beals, Paul Henderson. “A Grounded Theory Analysis of Conversations with Eleven Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans.” M. A. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2000.

Carroll, Alton. “Medicine Bags and Dog Tags: How the Military Influenced American Indian Traditions and How the Image of Indians Influenced the Military.” Ph. D. diss., Arizona State University, 2004.

Kavanagh, Thomas W. “Recent Socio-Cultural Evolution of the Comanche Indians: a Model for Transformation and Articulation in Social Change.” M. A. thesis, George Washington University, 1980.

Meadows, William. “Remaining Veterans: A Symbolic and Comparative Ethnohistory of Southern Plains Military Societies.” Ph. D. diss., University of Oklahoma, 1995.