Smithsonian representatives wrap up information meetings for Native veterans memorial

In 2013, Congress authorized the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indianto establish a national veterans memorial for Natives.
The Alaska community consultations of that national effort wrapped last week.

More than 86,000 Native Americans and Alaska Natives served in the armed forces in World War II andthe Vietnam War, and about 31,000 currently are active duty, according to Department of Defense estimates. (Read more at ktoo.org)