RESOURCES: AMERICAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTACTS

NATIONAL

DVA (Department of Veterans Affairs):
 www.va.gov
This website has info on more than 1000 agencies, centers and organizations related to veterans, veteran benefits, etc.

DVA Center for Minority Veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
Phone: 202-273-6708
Fax: 202-273-7092
http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/

Education Benefits Toll Free Numbers

VA Education Benefits  1-888-GIBILL-1 (442-4551)
US Department of Education Financial Aid Programs  1-800-4-FED-AID
US Department of Education Debt Collection Service-Guide to Defaulted Loans 1-800-621-3115 
Veterans Administration (VA)  1-800-827-1000
VA Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 1-800-829-4833

 

RESOURCES BY STATE:

ARIZONA
American Indian Veterans Memorial
http://www.aivmo.org/04_about.htm
888.777-2486
PO BOX 7367, Phoenix AZ 85011-7367

CALIFORNIA
American Indian Advisory Council
http://interwork.sdsu.edu/aiac/veterans.ht
Native American Veterans Association
1125 W. 6th Street. # 103
L.A. CA
213-202-3970

The East L.A. Veterans Center
Readjustment and counseling services.
Cal Vet services (800) 952-5626
VA Regional offices (800) 826-1000

TELACU Veterans
Upward Bound
Free Training for Vets
(323) 887-1082

American Indian Veteran's Association--Intertribal
P.O. Box 25611
Fresno, CA 93729-5611
info@aiva-of-fresno.org
http://www.aiva-of-fresno.org/home.html

San Francisco Bay area
Department of Veterans Affairs: Native American Program
(650) 493-5000, Ext. 23302

LOUISIANA
The National American Indian Veterans Inc.
35157 Weiss Road, Walker, LA 70785
Phone: 225.686.7627, Fax: 225.282.1288
http://www.naivonline.org/

NEBRASKA
The American Indian Veterans History Foundation
3221 South 28th Street, Lincoln, NE 68502

NEW MEXICO
The Navajo Code Talkers' Association
P.O. Box 1182
Window Rock, AZ 86515
Tel:  520-871-5468

OKLAHOMA
Choctaw Code Talkers:
http://www.oklachahta.org/code%20talkers.htm
            
National Native American Veterans Association
P O Box 891973
Oklahoma City. OK 73189-1973
www.nnava.org

Muscogee Red Stick Society
P.O. Box 85
Okmulgee, Oklahoma 74447
http://www.creekcombatveterans.org/

Stories in America: Oklahoma’s Native Veterans
http://storiesinamerica.blogspot.com/2005/08/oklahomas-native-veterans.html

OREGON
Northwest Indian Veterans Associatio
PO Box 1035
Portland, OR 97207
Phone: 360-696-4061, ext. 3177

TEXAS
Native American Veteran’s Warrior Society
616 Sierra Blanca Dr.  Saginaw, Texas 76179
817-231-1818
http://www.flyingeagletradingpost.com/Veterans.html

WISCONSIN
Native American Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial
W7031 Ridge Rd., PO Box 457, Neillsville, WI 54456
Phone: 715-743-4224  Fax: 715-743-4228
www.thehighground.org

 

OTHER WEB RESOURCES

American Indian Medal of Honor recipients:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-3.htm

American Indian Veterans
This web ring deals exclusively with Native Veterans:
http://o.webring.com/hub?ring=nativeamericanin

Indians in the Military:
http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/vets.html

National Veterans' Training Institute
http://www.nvti.cudenver.edu/home/homePage.htm

Native Veterans
http://www.nativevets.com/index.html

Native Women Veterans
http://www.nativewomenveterans.org/nanlinks.htm

Native Veterans
http://www.nativevets.com/index.html

The People’s Path (American & Canadian Indians in the Military)
http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/military.htm

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Center
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp

Walk With the Warriors Inc
http://www.warriorwalk.com/Resources.htm

Whispering Eagles
Native American Veterans
http://whisperingeagle.tripod.com/whisperingeagleshome/id9.html

 

CODETALKERS

American Indian Veterans with an Emphasis on Code Talkers
Arizona State University Libraries
http://www.asu.edu/lib/subject/CodeTalkers.htm

Choctaw Code Talkers:
http://www.oklachahta.org/code%20talkers.htm

Comanche Code Talkers:
http://www.comanchelanguage.org/code_talkers.htm
http://www.unitednativeamerica.com/alamo_scouts.html

Code Talkers
http://codetalkers.info/index.php

Navajo Code Talkers:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm