Navajo language

Navajo land contained some of the world’s largest concentrations of uranium in a time period when the American government was scrambling to locate a steady source of this element. The uranium boom was fueled by the desperate desire to make atomic bombs faster than Americans communist foes. The Cold War pushed the American government into a frenzy to quickly develop the Manhattan Project and seek an area that could support it; this craze led the government to ignore various warnings from the…

Perception of Navajo Women The Navajo reservation is where I was born and raised also my home. My grandmother had raised me; she had always stressed about how important school is. As a child, I never thought hard enough to realize what she meant until I entered my senior year of high school. After graduating high school everyone expected myself to become a nurse or teacher, not because my grandmother was a nurse the only reason is because I am a Navajo woman. The perspective of Navajo women is…

The Navajo are a Native American people who live and lived in the southwestern United States. The Navajo, generally speaking, reside mainly in the four corners area where the states of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico meet. The Navajo have a rich cultural history and cosmology which has been passed down through generations. This history informs the connection between the people and the natural, spiritual world. Most Native people have an origin story which explains how the world came to…

The movie that I chose to analyze is, “Windtalkers”. “Windtalkers” is based upon the Navajo code talkers that helped the U.S during WW2. The Navajo Code talkers were a vital part of the effort in the pacific during WW2, stopping the Japanese from decoding the messages of the United States to its platoons. The Navajo was a secret well kept during the war and help the allies push onward in getting vital parts of the land to ending the war. During the war, enemies desired to decode and intercept…

Have you ever wondered about the code that the Navajo talk to what the camera's point of view of that has been and what the fun of the code was? There's a long history of the US government and the Army in it. In World War II they never stopped fighting for our rights they would be called out at any point of the day or night to fight for our rights to freedom. Some night they would not sleep, staying up to make sure that slaves did not have to be slaves and we did not have to be ruled. There…

Before discussing the film Windtalkers, it is necessary to address the historical background that is presented in the movie, as well as the role of the Native Americans in the national context. The Second World War altered the way of life for most of the Native American community. Many Native Americans began abandoning their reservations and moved to the cities in search of better jobs and pay; others joined the U.S. armed forces, in order to protect the free world from the Nazi aggression. The…

Ya’ah’teeh, Shi ei Shaniah Morning Star Chee yinishye. I am a first semester Freshman at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. I graduated from Monument Valley High School located on on the Navajo Reservation off Monument Valley, Utah. I have been very involved with extracurricular activities in high school such as Upward Bound, Gear-Up, Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), cross country, basketball manager, performing arts, track & field, and Student Council…

Native Americans, which include the Navajo Tribe, have a very long standing in the history of the United States. They have also been removed from their homelands thought out the ages. Many of these tribes have been forced to reside on reservations. According to the Journal of Health Education, Native Americans out of the total population are the unhealthiest population. This is proven by a shorter life expectancy and higher mortality rates for communicable diseases. Cultural competency is…

The Navajo code talkers are one of the main reasons why the United States conquered Japan and Germany in World War II. During World War II , both Germany and Japan thought they had such unbreakable codes, but infact, these codes were broken and their most vital information was released to the enemy. A variety of techniques were used to meet the goal that the code talkers pursued and overall, code and code breaking during World War II changed the outcome of the war, and helped led the United…

The Elephant in the Room Navajo code talkers were considered America’s “secret weapon” in World War II. US Marines used the Native American language as a code in order to relay secret messages during wartime. This code was vital to our victory in World War II because the Japanese easily cracked top secret military codes. Just as American soldiers relayed messages in code during wartime, women wrote in “code” in order to portray society's limitations during their time. They addressed these…