By Shannon Shaw Duty, Osage News Date:May 12, 2015 During World War I and after, Native American soldiers could not be buried in national cemeteries, even though they had served in the U.S. military. Native Americans didn’t become U.S. citizens until 1924. In an effort to provide grieving families a place to lay their sons to rest, WWI veteran Pierce St. John and his wife Opal, set aside one acre