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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Code talker Code talker Derrick Henry,Joseph Bruchac 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 Wo… OL121184W
Navajo Code Talkers Navajo Code Talkers Nathan Aaseng The gripping story of the Native American volunteers who provided a unique military service during WW II to the very government that had oppressed their people. Using their own language, specially tr… OL15969313W
Windtalkers Windtalkers Max Allan Collins During the invasion of Sai-pan near the end of World War II, Marine Joe Enders is given the task of protecting Navajo radioman Ben Yahzee, called a codetalker, or killing him if he falls into enemy J… OL16041735W
American Indians and African Americans of the American Revolution--through primary sources American Indians and African Americans of the American Revolution--through primary sources John Micklos "Examines the lives and roles of African Americans and American Indians during the American Revolution, including the difficulty of choosing sides in the war and fighting for the Americans and the Br… OL16672320W
Navajo code talkers Navajo code talkers Andrew Santella Describes the function of the more than 400 Navajo marines who invented a secret code that was never broken by the enemy during World War II. OL16702989W
Native American code talkers Native American code talkers M. M. Eboch This title examines the Native American servicemen known as the code talkers, focusing on their role in coded communication during World War II including developing the codes, their training, and the… OL20011591W
Sioux code talkers of World War II Sioux code talkers of World War II Andrea M. Page "The author's great-uncle John Bear King was a Sioux Indian in the First Cavalry in the Second World War. Her book follows seven Sioux who put aside a long history of prejudice against their people a… OL20050453W
The Rope catcher The Rope catcher Larry Stillman It is April of 1942, and 28-year-old Jimmie Goodluck leadsd an aimless existence on the Navajo reservation, where he knows only poverty, prejudice, and lack of opportunity. Everything changes whenhe … OL26199170W
American Indian code talkers American Indian code talkers Julia Garstecki A brief look at the use of American Indian soldiers who used their native languages to communicate during World War II to prevent enemies from understanding what was being said. OL27308559W
Tuscarora heroes Tuscarora heroes Lee Simonson "This is the true story about how the Tuscarora heroes risked their lives, took their courageous stand, and came to the aid of their friends and neighbors--saving the lives of Lewiston's grateful cit… OL33381452W
The Confederate Cherokees The Confederate Cherokees W. Craig Gaines Although many Indian nations fought in the Civil War, historians have given little attention to the role Native Americans played in the conflict. Indian nations did, in fact, suffer a higher percenta… OL4642664W
African Americans and American Indians fighting in the Revolutionary War African Americans and American Indians fighting in the Revolutionary War John Micklos "Learn about the contributions of African Americans and American Indians to both sides during the Revolutionary War"--Provided by publisher. OL4982904W
The Civil War in the West The Civil War in the West Jim Corrigan Reviews Civil War battles and campaigns that took place in the west and explores how Native Americans responded to the war, either by fighting for the Union or Confederacy or by remaining neutral. OL5707646W
The Other Rebellion The Other Rebellion Eric Van Young "Mexico's movement toward independence from Spain was a key episode in the dissolution of the great Spanish Empire, and its accompanying armed conflict was arguably the first great war of decolonizat… OL6338767W
Three Day Road Three Day Road Joseph Boyden It is 1919, and Niska, the last Oji-Cree medicine woman to live off the land, has received word that one of the two boys she grudgingly saw off to war has returned. She leaves her home in the bush of… OL8476945W