Useful Links
Navajo Code Talker Explains Role in WWII
Proposed Plan for Recruiting Indian Signal Corps Personnel, 1942.
http://archive.library.nau.edu/digital/collection/cpa/id/44705
Recruitment in action and investigation of leaking information about Navajo Code Talkers Project, 1943.
http://archive.library.nau.edu/digital/collection/cpa/id/44885/rec/1
One of the Last Navajo Code Talkers Shares Their Stories – Part I
https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Blogs/Detail/Article/2829088/one-of-the-last-navajo-code-talkers-shares-their-stories-part-i/
Proposed Plan for Recruiting Indian Signal Corps Personnel, 1942.
http://archive.library.nau.edu/digital/collection/cpa/id/44705
Recruitment in action and investigation of leaking information about Navajo Code Talkers Project, 1943.
http://archive.library.nau.edu/digital/collection/cpa/id/44885/rec/1
One of the Last Navajo Code Talkers Shares Their Stories – Part I
https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Blogs/Detail/Article/2829088/one-of-the-last-navajo-code-talkers-shares-their-stories-part-i/
Classroom Activities
Images & documents Featuring the Navajo Code Talkers
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/documents?filter_searchterm=OR%22codetalker%22+OR%22code-talker%22+OR%22code+talker%22+NOT%22world+war+I%22&searchType=formula&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=date&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=Kbt5E9UbBB3N&reset=1
Interactive Guide:
During World War I and World War II, hundreds of American Indians joined the United States Armed Forces and used words from their traditional tribal languages as weapons. Some tribes were recruited by the United States military to develop secret battle communications using their languages. Other Native people found one another during the war and informally used their languages to subvert the enemy. “Code Talkers,” as they came to be known after World War II, are twentieth-century American Indian warriors who significantly aided the victories of the United States and its allies. Now explore the stories below. You can see close-ups and additional images in the gallery.
https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/code-talkers/introduction/
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/documents?filter_searchterm=OR%22codetalker%22+OR%22code-talker%22+OR%22code+talker%22+NOT%22world+war+I%22&searchType=formula&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=date&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=Kbt5E9UbBB3N&reset=1
Interactive Guide:
During World War I and World War II, hundreds of American Indians joined the United States Armed Forces and used words from their traditional tribal languages as weapons. Some tribes were recruited by the United States military to develop secret battle communications using their languages. Other Native people found one another during the war and informally used their languages to subvert the enemy. “Code Talkers,” as they came to be known after World War II, are twentieth-century American Indian warriors who significantly aided the victories of the United States and its allies. Now explore the stories below. You can see close-ups and additional images in the gallery.
https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/code-talkers/introduction/