Records of Native Americans in the US Army

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Following is an exerpt from the NARA website regarding Native Americans who served the Army in the years after the Civil War.

"The Army Reorganization Act of 1866 authorized the President "to enlist and employ in the Territories and Indian country a force of Indians not to exceed one thousand to act as scouts, who shall receive the pay and allowances of cavalry soldiers, and be discharged whenever the necessity for further employment is abated, at the discretion of the department commander." One of the most significant measures in the act was that Indians would receive the same pay as white cavalry soldiers."

More information is available at: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2009/summer/indian.html