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Collective memory tends to overlook Native American involvement in the Revolutionary War. Many Native Americans became active participants, serving as emissaries, spies, rangers, and as enlisted and commissioned regular soldiers and officers. These men made the decision to fight, and for whom, on both an individual and a tribal level. American Indian soldiers were motivated by a variety of factors ... read moreranging from kin ties to economics and a belief in the patriot's cause. Focusing on the northeastern American colonies, this study makes extensive use of anecdotal as well as statistical evidence inlaying a framework for understanding American Indian involvement in the Continental Army.read less
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