Native American Code Talkers and the American Public

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The term code speaker is closely related to bilingual Navajo users, but code negotiation was initiated by Cherokee and Choctaw's Native American during World War I. American native code speakers such as Lakota, Meskwaki, Comanche were deployed by the US military during the Second World War. Historian Alison Bernstein said that the result of the war was "a new era of Indian circumstances" and changed "American Indian" to "Indian". When returning to the United States after the war, several Indian soldiers suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and unemployment. Many people move to the city rather than return to the protected area. In 1940, only 5% of Native American lived in the city. By 1950, this number has expanded to nearly 20% of the native American living in urban areas.

What is a code speaker? Code speaker is the name given to American Indian to send confidential communication to the battlefield using tribal language. Most people have heard about the famous Navajo (or Dine) code speaker using their traditional language to deliver secret alliance information in the Pacific battlefield during the Second World War. But do you know that there are at least 14 countries in Aboriginal countries, such as Cherokee and Comanche, who played a role as a dialogueist of the Pacific and European codes during the war? The idea of ​​sending confidential information in battle with fluent traditional tribal languages ​​and English-speaking American Indians is to firstly ask the Choctaw telephone team and other local communication experts and messengers in World War I It was tested in between. Until the Second World War, however, the US military never developed specific policies to train Americans to invite American Indians to become code talkers.

On November 15, 2008, US President George W. Bush signed the 2008 Codex negotiator certification law (Public Law 110-420) which recognizes World War I and World War II. All American native code talkers (excluding the award winning Navajo) who served in the US Army during the Second World War all won the gold medal in the parliament designed for each tribe, and the personal code taker or close relative did. Silver replicas are available. As of 2013, 33 tribes were awarded and commended for ceremonies held at the liberation hall of the US National Assembly building visitor center. A surviving code speech participated, Edmond Harjo