Since 2017, the staff at the Sequoyah National Research Center have worked to identify the approximately 12,000 American Indian and Alaska Native service members of World War I. Research began with resources found in the Center, including tribal newspapers, boarding school publications, manuscript collections, and more. Staff have also utilized online resources and archives across the country.

The purpose of Modern Warriors of World War I is to create a central repository for the archival records of the estimated 12,000 American Indian and Alaska Native servicemen who served in World War I. The project began as a commemoration of the centennial of America’s entering the war. It aims to ensure their names and stories are remembered for future generations as we do the following:

• Identify all American Indian and Alaska Native service members who served during the Great War,
• Create a robust record of service for each individual who served by compiling military records, publications, and archival documents for each veteran, and
• Honor their legacy of service by providing a lasting historical account of their contributions.

Research is ongoing. If you have information to contribute to the project, please contact Erin Fehr, Assistant Director and Archivist, via email (ehfehr@ualr.edu).

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For more information, contact the School of Literary and Performing Arts at 501-916-3294.

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Please allow 30-45 minutes and arrive prior to 2:30pm for photo ID applications. Parking is available in Lots 2, 12, and the Parking Deck.

For more information, call 918-525-2266.

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SNRC houses the papers and special collections of tribal individuals and organizations and holds the world’s largest archival collection of Native American newspapers and periodicals.

The American Indian/Alaska Native Student Internship Program provides undergraduate and graduate students an experiential learning environment in which to acquire an understanding of the value of archives and the research potential of the collections and to engage in academic research and practical archival activities related to tribal culture, society, and issues. Interns are expected to demonstrate the value of their experience by either a summary report of work, finding aids for collections, or reports of research or other written work that may be shared with their home institutions.

To qualify for an internship, students must

• Be affiliated with a federally-recognized tribe,
• Have completed at least 60 college hours, and
• Be in good standing at their home institutions of higher learning.

To apply, students must send

• An unofficial copy of the student’s academic transcript,
• A resume/CV,
• A recommendation letter from the head of the student’s major department or from another relevant academic official, and
• An application that includes a personal statement of at least 250 words expressing why the intern experience would be beneficial to the student’s academic or career goals.

The Center provides on-campus housing and $2,500 to defray other living expenses. Students interested in applying for internships for June 3 through July 26, 2024, should complete the online application (/sequoyah/summerinternship/). Inquiries may be sent to Dr. Daniel F. Littlefield or Erin Fehr at sequoyah@ualr.edu. Applications are due by April 1, 2024. The Center will select two applicants and notify students of their decision by April 8, 2024.

For information regarding UA Little Rock and its guest housing facilities, see ualr.edu/housing. For information on the SNRC and its work, see ualr.edu/sequoyah.

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The exhibit is produced in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read with the Central Arkansas Library System. The exhibit will be open through July 31, 2024. It is located in Fine Arts, Room 156.

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Please join us as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 6pm in Fine Arts, Room 157 (next door to SNRC). The screening will be followed by a short Q&A with SNRC Director Dr. Littlefield and Assistant Director Erin Fehr.

THE AMERICAN BUFFALO is the biography of an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of the country’s most mythic and heartbreaking tales. The series, which has been in production for four years, will take viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal’s evolution, its significance to the Great Plains and, most importantly,its relationship to the Indigenous People of North America.

For more information, contact Erin Fehr at ehfehr@ualr.edu or 501-916-3336.

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The Sequoyah National Research Center (SNRC) seeks two tribally-affiliated students to work a minimum of 25 hours per week in the Center doing basic archival and research work under the direction of Center staff.

The SNRC at the 91¸£Àû´óÈ« houses the papers and special collections of tribal individuals and organizations and holds the world’s largest archival collection of Native American newspapers and periodicals.

The goal of the American Indian/Alaska Native Student Internship Program is to provide students an experiential learning environment in which to acquire an understanding of the value of archives and the research potential of the collections of the Center and to engage in academic research and practical archival activities related to tribal culture, society, and issues. Interns are expected to demonstrate the value of their experience by either a summary report of work, finding aids for collections, or reports of research or other written work that may be shared with their home institutions.

To qualify for an internship, students must

• Be affiliated with a federally-recognized tribe,
• Have completed at least 60 college hours, and
• Be in good standing at their home institutions of higher learning.

To apply, students must send

• An unofficial copy of the student’s academic transcript,
• A resume/CV,
• A recommendation letter from the head of the student’s major department or from another relevant academic official, and
• An application that includes a personal statement of at least 250 words expressing why the intern experience would be beneficial to the student’s academic or career goals.

The Center provides on-campus housing and $2,500 to defray other living expenses. Students interested in applying for internships for June 5 through July 28, 2023, should complete the online application (/sequoyah/summerinternship/). Inquiries may be sent to Dr. Daniel F. Littlefield or Erin Fehr at sequoyah@ualr.edu. Applications are due by March 31, 2023. The Center will select two applicants and notify students of their decision by April 7.

For information regarding UA Little Rock and its guest housing facilities, see ualr.edu/housing. For information on the SNRC and its work, see ualr.edu/sequoyah.

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Please join us Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at 6:30p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall for the film screening of More Than a Medal. The film explores the work of the Valor Medals Review Task Force at the George S. Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War. The 25-minute documentary, More Than a Medal, produced by Lame Deer Films in cooperation with the Robb Centre, interweaves the efforts of the researchers working against time, untold heroic stories of courage on the battlefields of France, on the seas and in the air, and the experience of modern-day descendants as they maintain cautious hope of recognition.

The Valor Medals Review Task Force was mandated by Congress to review the military records of African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Jewish American, and Native American servicemembers of World War I to determine if they should have received a Medal of Honor, but were overlooked due to race. To be eligible for review, a veteran must have received a Distinguished Service Cross/Navy Cross and/or the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and/or been recommended for a Medal of Honor.

To date, researchers have identified 214 servicemembers — 105 Jewish Americans, 73 African Americans, 23 Native Americans, 12 Hispanic Americans and one Asian American — who have qualified for review.

For more information, please contact Erin Fehr at ehfehr@ualr.edu or 501-916-3336.

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The new home of the Sequoyah National Research Center is Fine Arts, Room 156 with additional archival storage across the hall in Room 153. Two Spacesaver compact mobile shelving units house approximately 75% of the archival collections; both units were funded by grants awarded by the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council. The new space features a separate research room for visiting scholars and a separate processing room to process new archival collections.

All visitors may park in the metered parking lot at the north end of the Fine Arts building. SNRC is open Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm. For more information, please call 501-916-3336.

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