Valerie Red-Horse
1) Mankiller
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of an American hero, who humbly defied all odds and gave a voice to the voiceless. And yet few people know her name. MANKILLER examines the legacy of Wilma Mankiller, who overcame rampant sexism and personal challenges to emerge as the Cherokee Nation's first woman Principal Chief in 1985. Wilma was featured on the US quarter issued by the US Mint in 2022.
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Explores from the Native point of view the complex story of the role that the Native American code talkers and the Navajo language played in secret communications during World War II. No cryptography system proved as effective during the war as did the use of Navajo code talkers using their tribal language to transmit military communiques. Countless American lives were saved because of the service of these brave young Native American Marines.
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