It all started with an overheard conversation. No, really - Native American "code talkers" were developed in WWI when a group of Choctaw men were overheard talking in their native tongue. The Choctaw Nation had been forced to learn English, but Americans had sparsely learned their language or that of the many other Native Languages … Continue reading Navajo Code Talkers’ Day
Denver, Colorado, is a different world depending on where you came from. For the white immigrants, it’s a new chance at life. But for the Indigenous tribes, it is a world of trouble and strife as they attempt to hold on to their heritage in an ever changing and increasingly prejudicial world. Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s Woman … Continue reading Woman of Light
Coded messages and secret transmissions fascinated me as a child – who thought up all those different ways to hide your true message…and could I crack them? I was mesmerized to find out different languages were used as codes sometimes from different dialects, to complete languages not well known. In World War I, the United … Continue reading Code Talker
