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Generally, there was very little significance of long hair to American Indian males. People place too much importance on hair styles for men. As with all society, how the Indian wore his hair depended upon what was in style at the time and subject to change and independent belief.

It is believed that it was very important to Native American males to have long hair. They felt that having long hair was like having a sixth sense, that it eenhanced their abilities to protect themselves. When the Native Americans were enlisted in the military, people noticed that the ones who had long hair, were able to sense attackers and things out of the ordinary more easily. Those who had military haircuts, could not sense such things. There for, they believed long hair was sort of like a defence mechanism.

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Because they chose to let it grow that way.

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Can Native Americans have long hair in the military?

They can, but the girls have to wear it up on duty, and the guys have to wear a wig to cover it on duty. Daft, but then , if you work around weapons, computers, food etc, lots of places where a long hair can foul up the works.It's really a health and safety issue, and applies to all people with long hair.