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    35F3014-021-025 12th PLT, SSG Wilson Navajo Code Talkers During World War I the military utilized American Indian language to have a secure code. This allowed for secure communications while conduction operations throughout Europe. Prior to the onset of World War II Adolph Hitler and the Japanese sent students to the United States to study Indian languages to break the “unbreakable” code; this lead to the development of a new language utilizing the Navajo language. Those who served their country were

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    Navajo Culture Paper Bridget E. Ebeling Ancilla College The Navajo name came from the Pueblo Indians. The Pueblo lived in the Southwest before the Navajo arrived about 500 years ago. The Pueblo welcomed their new neighbors and taught them to farm. They called the new people “Navahu” (Bowman, The Navajo, 2016). The name means “great planted fields” or “take from fields” (Bowman, The Navajo, 2016). Spanish people changed this name to “Navajo”. The name Navajo has been spelled many ways. Today, the

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    traditions, and language. Despite their tragic history, the American Indian Soldiers has made countless contributions to the freedoms of this great nation. The American Indian’s service to the United States Armed Forces (USAF) is dated back to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and every major conflict recorded in American history, to the current war against terrorism. Even though congress marked the American Indians for abolishment at one point in American history, the use of the Navajo language

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    an imperative role in the narrative. At first, Navajo traditions and language are virtually beaten out of students in boarding school. A wooden sign at the entrance of the school reads, “Tradition is the enemy of progress” (Bruchac, p.23). At school, the children were told not to even speak their language, and if they were caught, they were punished ruthlessly. As Ned put it, “Anything that belonged to the Navajo way was bad, and our Navajo language was the worst.” (Bruchac, p.23) As Ned goes into

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    discuss is the Leather Belt. This object came from one of the most well-known Native American tribes in the United States, the Navajo. The Navajo tribe was, and currently is, located within the four states of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado - also known as the Four Corners of the southwestern United States. Many people in the region still speak the Navajo language, as well as English. The Leather Belt was originally made of leather and strapped with eight silver “conchas,” the Spanish word

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    The Navajo Tribe was a very interesting tribe. They had many things on their camp. The tribe also had a very well set up government and a strict set of rules. They had everything set up kind of like we have our society today. Starting with their social organization. Then to their language being completely different from ours both spoken and written. Their government was set up like todays is. Their religion was the only thing completely different in many many ways. The navajo tribe didn't have

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    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

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    attempt to discover the West side of the Mississippi River. Two Native American tribes dominated the West, however in completely different geographical regions. Both the Chinook and Navajo tribe resided in the Western part of North America, the Chinook had a different ideology and society structure then the Southwestern Navajo tribe. The story of life can be described as the notorious Adam and Eve chapter, yet Native Americans would disclose a different tail. The creation on how the world was shaped

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    have changed, but the spirit lives on. The Navajo are a Native American tribe that resides as their own nation in the southwestern part of the United States. The land consists of desert and mountains, so the Navajo had to learn many skills to live and adapt with the land. They gathered plants and nuts to eat, hunted animals for meat, and used the skins to keep warm at night as the temperature in the desert drops to below freezing. As times changed the Navajo adapted their skills to benefit them. They

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    Numbering roughly 250,000, the Navajo reservation covers approximately 25,000 square miles. Window Rock located in the North Eastern part of Arizona is the capital of the Navajo Nation. As one of the poorest regions in the country, isolation, culture, traditions, as well as economic status affect the Navajo communities’ wellbeing and healthcare. While the elderly Navajo population grows about three percent a year, life expectancy is “73.7 years compared

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