Native Americans In Code Talkers By Joseph Bruchac

Kristofic and Darren started Ganado Primary School. Kristofic was teased by being called “Bilagáana” (The white Apple) and bullied by his classmates (Kristofic, 2011, pp.8-10). As days went by, Kristofic started making new friends and did not hate Ganado so much anymore. He learned things he never knew before. He first learned, that Navajos are not Indians (Kristofic, 2011, p.13) and Navajos are called “Dine” (Kristofic, 2011, p.47). As years went by, Kristofic started to appreciate the culture, tradition, and started to learn the language. Within the first few years, Kristofic’s mother dated a Navajo man and married him. Kristofic mother had two children for him. A girl called Yanabah (Kristofic, 2011, p.99), and a boy called Glen (Kristofic, 2011, p.120). After graduating middle school in Ganado, Kristofic and his family moved to the Navajo Generating Station outside Page, Arizona (Kristofic, 2011, p.125). His mother got another job in this location to be able to have college savings for both her sons. Kristofic and Darren both attended Page High School.

This article, Honoring Native American Code Talkers: The Road to the Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008, is about the code talkers in World War ! and World War II. The work done by the code talkers helped the United States win both wars. The helpful acts done by the various tribes should have been recognized sooner but they went years without any recognition for all of their work.

During World War II, you must think that the Japanese would want to kill everyone that was not on their side, right? Well, you were wrong. If a Japanese person (or more) saw a Navajo, they would capture them and torture them until they will give them what their new “language” all means. But, just because there was a Navajo in war, does not mean that they know the code.

Both Navajo Code Talkers and “American Indians in the United States Army,” are about the Navajo code talkers. However, Navajo Code Talkers focuses on the training these Native Americans went through, along with how the code was created. The article “American Indians in the United States Army,” explains how the code was used during the war. The final excerpt, “ What’s

The Navajo Code Talkers became a necessity for the military because they were able to create a code that no one can decipher except for them. The idea came from Philip Johnston because he was a missionary to

Seldom has it ever occurred that heroes to our country, let alone in general, have had to wait decades for proper acknowledgement for their heroic deeds. This is not the case for the Navajo Code Talkers. These brave souls had to wait a total of six decades to be acknowledged for their contributions to the United States and the Allied Forces of WWII. The code talkers were an influential piece to the success of the United States forces in the Pacific. Thus had it not been for the Native Americans that volunteered to be code talkers, there might not have been such a drastic turn around in the fighting of the Pacific Theatre.

First, many of the men didn’t share the same vocabulary due to the fact that different dialogues were common. It took time for them to establish which words would be used, as it was important that the chance of misconception during battle was eliminated. Also, particular military terminology did not exist in the original Navajo language. For example, words like grenade, tank, and dive-bomber did not exist. As a

In refuting the practicality of Navajo traditions it is easier for him to ignore them. In Jim Chee, Leaphorn sees a path which is the polar opposite of his own. "Chee seemed to think an island of 180,000 Navajos could live the old way in a white ocean… Not practical. Navajos had to compete in the real world. The Navajo Way didn't teach competition. Far from it,"( 227).

The Navajo Native Americans experienced multiple struggles throughout their tribe’s history, mostly surrounding the problems to do with the United States military and the Spaniards pushing them from their territory. Although this was the fate of multiple tribes of Native Americans, the Navajo struggled intensely to leave their homeland. The Navajo were a beautiful tribe with multiple hardships. The Navajo tribe was formed sometime around the 1500s, and developed to become the largest Native American tribe. The word Navajo comes from “Tewa Navahu”, translating to mean “highly cultivated lands” loosely.

The Americans thought the Navajo had broken their

People had issues with the Navajo because for a long time the Navajo [sic] Indians have murdered and robbed the people of New Mexico.

The Navajo Code Talkers has shaped our history and affected the enemy during World War II. The Navajo Code Talkers are famous for their bravery and loyalty. The Navajo language was only known by a few, but was used to “create a secret code to battle the Japanese’s” (Discover). This languages’ purpose was to confuse and deceive our enemy, the Japanese in World War II. Many people have said that the Navajo Code Talkers saved our nation, and helped us win World War II. There are only 29 of the original Navajo Talkers, it is estimated that 40 to 70 are to be living today (Last Surviving Original Code Talker, Chester Nez, Speaks During Northland College's Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month). We are still not positive on who is alive because the government kept it a secret for 23 years. Currently the Navajo Nation is one of the “largest federally recognized Indian tribes in North America” (NN Agriculture). The Navajo people are very resourceful and taught us farming techniques that help us prosper today. The Navajos “cultural uniqueness is recognized as the core foundation for our sovereignty” (NN Agriculture). The Navajo people taught us that the unlimited resourceful given to us by earth should be used to prosper and succeed. The Navajo Nation is very rich in beauty, culture, and history. Many people are interested in the way of life the Navajo have experienced. I hope we can continue to teach generations about how we are influenced by their ways of life. We can learn many things from the Navajo Indians; they have shaped and molded our culture in Arizona in the 21st

Every culture has their own way of life, their own religious beliefs, their own marriage beliefs, their own values and feelings on life and the options it has to offer. Each culture has their own way to run things within their own government, and own way to keep their economy up to their standards. Also each culture and society have their own primary mode of subsistence that makes them unique. Among the Navajo culture their primary mode of subsistence are pastoralists.   Pastoralists have an impact on different aspects with in the culture.   The aspects that I will be discussing will be the Navajo’s beliefs and values, economic organization, gender relations and sickness and healing.

Although this idea had been successfully implemented during World War I using the Choctaw Indian's language, history generally credits Philip Johnston for the idea to use Navajos to transmit code

Taking away Native American children’s language caused many challenges at home. Many children were confused, homesick, as well as resentful. Many of the children attending these boarding schools did not understand why their parents sent them to boarding school. For many it was because family members were, “sick then. He don’t want to take care of a little one so he pushed me to school” (Burich 5). Many children would not understand why they were being sent to these schools, especially since the schools were changing their worlds