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As many as 25,000 Native Americans actively fought in World War II: 21,767 in the Army, 1,910 in the Navy, 874 in the Marines, 121 in the Coast Guard, and several hundred Native American women as nurses. These figures represent over one-third of able-bodied Native American men aged 18–50, and even included as high as seventy percent of the population of some tribes. Unlike African Americans, Native Americans did not serve in segregated units and served alongside white Americans 〔Burnstein, Alison R. ''Walking In Two Worlds: American Indians In World War Two'', Diss. Columbia University, 1986. University Microfilms International. Web. 26 April 2015. 65.〕 Alison R. Burnstein argues that World War II presented the first large-scale exodus of Native Americans from reservations since the reservation system began, and presented an opportunity for many Native Americans to leave reservations and enter the “white world.” For many soldiers, World War II represented the first interracial contact between natives living on relatively isolated reservations and whites 〔Burnstein, Alison R. ''Walking In Two Worlds: American Indians In World War Two'', Diss. Columbia University, 1986. University Microfilms International. Web. 26 April 2015. 67〕 ==Pre-War== According to Burnstein, life on reservations was difficult for Native Americans prior to the war due to low levels of development and lack of economic opportunities. In 1939, the median income for Native American males living on reservations was $500, compared to the national average for males of $2300.〔Burnstein, 24〕 Nearly one quarter of Native Americans at this time had no formal education, and even for high school graduates, few forms of conventional employment existed on reservations.〔Burnstein, 25〕 In the absence of conventional employment, those Native Americans who stayed on the reservations generally worked the land and farmed.〔Burnstein 26〕 Although Native Americans were not drafted for World War I because they were not considered citizens of the United States as of 1917, approximately 10,000 Native American men volunteered for duty in World War I.〔Burnstein, 33〕 Native American men were included along with whites in the World War II draft. Initial reactions by Native Americans to the draft were mixed. While some were eager to join the military, others resisted. Burnstein argues that due to their still questionable status as citizens of the United States at the outbreak of the second world war, many Native Americans questioned volunteering for military service, as “the Federal government had the power to force Indians to serve in the military but did not have the power to compel Mississippi to grant Indians the vote”.〔Burnstein 38〕 Although some resisted the draft, many others who were not drafted volunteered for the war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Native Americans and World War II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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