Indian Helmet

ID: 4798 ~ Source: Photograph courtesy of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.

This file appears in: Indian Scouts at Fort Spokane: A Failed Experiment or Cultural Resistance?

This helmet once belonged to a native scout in Company I at Fort Spokane. It illustrates the attempts to make the scouts more like regular troops.

This file appears in: Indian Scouts at Fort Spokane: A Failed Experiment or Cultural Resistance?

Indian Scouts at Fort Spokane: A Failed Experiment or Cultural Resistance?

By Ryan Yetter

Native American scouts were widely used by the US Army beginning with the Revolutionary War. Indian scouts helped the military navigate through unfamiliar terrain and cultures. These native men,…