Written by C Hues
November 19, 2022
Boarding schools were built to torture, murder, and assimilate. The Choctaw’s tongue was met with denigration and hate. But the very same language you called a barbarous sin Would save countless lives and give US the war’s win. The second war echoed, and you heard what the Navajo had spoken. The code was unwritten and remained forever unbroken. The Nazis were mystified and could not understand The POWER that the Code Talkers command. From before the lie that Columbus was here From before Jackson forced a trail of fear There were those whose words you failed to hear. It only sounded savage to the savage’s ear.
- https://www.history.com/news/world-war-is-native-american-code-talkers. History.com. Accessed November 19, 2022.