Despite the conflicts and attempts to assimilate, Native Americans were valued as soldiers and translators in both World Wars. In World War I as well as World War II, Native American languages were used to send secret military messages. In World War I, the languages used were Cherokee, Cheyenne, Choctaw, Comanche, Osage, and Yankton Sioux. Messages in these languages were transmitted by telephone, and that played a key role in the war. By transmitting messages by telephone the Choctaw helped the U.S. Army win many of the battles in France, which helped the war come to an end. In World War II, the languages used were Assiniboine, Cherokee, Chippewa/Oneida, Choctaw, Comanche, Hopi, Kiowa, Menominee, Muscogee/Creek and Seminole, Navajo, Pawnee, Sac and Fox/Meskwaki, and Sioux – Lakota and Dakota dialects (“Protecting”). The Navajo language was chosen because of the difficulty and complexity of the language.
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The Navajo Code Talkers
Non-FictionThis is a paper on the Navajo Code Talkers with some provided Native American history as well as the National Navajo Code Talkers Day, who the Navajo Code Talkers were, and how they helped us win WWII. This is to be used to educate others about the...
