2. 3. Describe the Type One Code.
4. In what location were the Navajo assigned to service in WWII?
5. What year was the Navajo Code Talkers dictionary made public?
6. What are the similarities between the older American Indian warrior traditions and the Code
Talkers of World War II?
Section IV: Coming Home
1. Describe one of the ceremonies used to restore balance to a returning soldiers life.
2. Why are cultural traditions important to the wellbeing of soldiers who have been at war?
Section V: Survival
1. What hardships did Native Americans returning from the war face?
2. In what ways do you think the treatment of Code Talkers after the war was fair or unfair?
Section VI: Recognition
1. Why were Code Talkers not immediately recognized for their service?
2. When it did come, what kinds of positive effects do you think the Code Talkers’ achievements
might have had on their own American Indian communities?