For thousands of years before Europeans colonized the "New World," the land belonged to others. Who were those individuals now-known as "First Peoples" or "Native Americans?" How did they live? Where are they now?
Navajos enjoy themselves at fairs and gatherings, usually after the fall harvest.
Describes how Wilma Mankiller grew up on the Oklahoma reservation.
Twenty-nine Navajos enter the Marines to become code talkers in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
Wilma's life changed when her family left the reservation.
When Navajos return to their ancestral lands, they build hogans (shelters), raise sheep and farm corn.
Navajo families lead traditional lives; women raise children, sheep and weave rugs, while men cultivate and harvest corn.
The US government forces Navajos from their ancestral lands and makes them walk to eastern New Mexico.
8-3.2 The role of SC in the Constitutional Convention including the Three-Fifths Compromise and Commerce Compromise
Philip Johnston believes Navajos can create an unbreakable code during WWII using their unwritten language.
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