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Code Talker

After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during Wor

Cryptography, fiction, Indian troops, Indians of North America, Juvenile fiction

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Navajoland

LeRoy DeJolie

Navajo Indian Reservation, Navajo Indians, Pictorial works

979.1004
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Unsung Heroes of World War Ii

Deanne Durrett

Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific duri

Cryptography, Indian troops, Indians of North America, Juvenile literature, Marine Corps

940.54
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Sing Down the Moon

Scott O'Dell

A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.

fiction, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Southwest, New

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Navajo Code Talkers

Nathan Aaseng

Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language.

Navajo Indians, World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography, World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian

940.54
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Sing Down the Moon

Scott O'Dell

A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.

fiction, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Southwest, New

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ODE