Navajo Code Talker Resources
- WEBSITE: Native Words, Native WarriorsDuring 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. The United States military asked them to develop secret battle communications based on their languages—and America’s enemies never deciphered the coded messages they sent. “Code Talkers,” as they came to be known after World War II, are twentieth-century American Indian warriors and heroes who significantly aided the victories of the United States and its allies.
- WEBSITE: Code Talking: Intelligence and BraveryNational Museum of the American Indian
- TIMELINE: Native American Historical HighlightsNational Library of Medicine
- World War I Native American Code TalkersHistory.com
- ARTICLE: Who are the Native American code talkers?ABC News - Nov 28, 2017
- WEBSITE: Navajo CodeThe official web site of the Navajo Code Talkers featuring the stories of the Navajo Code Talkers through 1-on-1 Interviews and Video Archives.
- IMAGES: Navajo Code Talkers ImagesNorthern Arizona University, Cline Library
- IMAGE: Congressional Gold Medal Given To Native American Code TalkersPBS Learning Media
- VIDEO: Navajo Code Talkers Explain Their Code Used In WWIIDallas Morning News
- VIDEO: Trump makes Pocahontas crack at Navajo code talkers eventCNN - Published on Nov 27, 2017
- VIDEO: The Navajo Code Talkers, Our HeroesThis was shown in the House of Representatives at the Arizona State Capital during the Navajo Code Talker Monument dedication on Feb 28, 2008.
- VIDEO: Chester Nez: The Last of the Original Navajo CodetalkersIn his final interview, WWII Marine Chester Nez reflected on his place in history.
U.S Government Educational Practices Affecting the Navajo
- ARTICLE: Navajo Forced into Western Schools(Newsela article in five lexiles: 600, 800, 920, 1030, and Maximum)
- Navajo-Forced Western EducationSmithsonian Article - July 2016
- Unspoken: America's Native American Board SchoolsUniversity of Utah
- Boarding Schools: Struggling with Cultural RepressionNational Museum of the American Indian
Code Talker Images
Native Americans in Popular Culture
- DIGITAL GALLERY: Native Americans in Popular CultureBowling Green State University
- DIGITAL GALLERY: Native Americans & American Popular CultureHistory on the Net
- VIDEO: Native American StereotypesAmerican History TV C-Span3
NOTE: Video begins at 0:27 secs - ARTICLE: Disappearing Words(Newsela article in five Lexiles: 390, 530, 660, 790, and Maximum)
Native Americans Mascot Controversy
What would happen if the Cleveland Indians were not the "Indians" but another ethnic group? Would society find this acceptable?
- ARTICLE-Native American Mascots (English)ABC-CLIO Issues database reference article
- ARTICLE-Native American Mascots (Spanish)ABC-CLIO Issues database reference article
- DATABASE TOPIC: Native American-Themed MascotsA variety of reference articles, statistics, photographs, quotes, maps political documents, etc.
- ARTICLE-Cleveland Indians Mascot(Newsela article in five lexiles: 610, 840, 1040, 1200, and Maximum)
- ARTICLE-Adidas Support(Newsela article in five lexiles: 540, 720, 1000, 1180, and Maximum)
- INFOGRAPHIC: More Than a MascotThe number of high schools using "Redskins" as school mascot has been steadily decreasing.
Indian Termination Policies
- ARTICLE: Indian Removal Act of 1830(Newsela article in five Lexiles: 550, 820, 970, 1150, and Maximum)
- ARTICLE: Andrew Jackson's Message "On Indian Removal" (1830)(Newsela article in five Lexiles: 590, 850, 1070, 1210, and Maximum)
- PRIMARY SOURCE: “Real Indians” move to Cleveland (The Indian Relocation Act of 1956)Cleveland Plain Dealer article, September 1957
Long Walk of the Navajo
- ARTICLE: A Soldier's Account of the Cherokee Trail of Tears(Newsela article with five Lexiles: 560, 820, 950, 1120, and Maximum)