Post-frontier US Army Indian units

WI after the frontier campaigns against the Plains Indians, the US Army had, instead of sending all Indians whether friendly or hostile to reservations, decided to retain all-Indian fighting units such as the Pawnee Bn, the Crow and Arikara scouts who served against the Sioux, and the black Seminoles and Apache scouts in the southwest ? Would the distinct identities and interests of specific tribes/nations have been benefitted by such units enabling them to demonstrate their martial prowess ?
 
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