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5) Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Navajo Indians.
Author
Language
English
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Description
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
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An illustrated exploration of the life of Carlos Montezuma which chronicles his childhood, in which he was kidnapped, sold into slavery, and adopted by an Italian photographer; relates what he learned when he set out to uncover his family's past; discusses his work as a doctor; and includes photographs.
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