Navajo Code Talkers

The Native Americans have an expansive history. Some of their history is more well known than other parts. Something that is quite well known and that made a difference for our country were the Navajo Code Talkers who are credited with helping win World War II. These young men had grown up being oppressed and not allowed to speak their own language in their schools, then the government decided that it was useful after all. They were taken away and put through boot camp, then they came up with several different versions of their code so that it would not be easy to figure out. They were efficient and nobody was ever able to crack their code. After the war, they went home, but were unable to tell anybody about what they had done because the American government didn't want to lose the use of their code. Years later they were allowed to talk about it and share with their people the contribution that they made to the United States.