Discusses the establishment of the Marine Corps unit made up of Navajo Indians who served as radio operators, using their own language as a secret code, during World War II.
A color-illustrated introduction to the religious life of the Navajo, which covers such topics as ceremonial sand painting, sacred space, the five worlds and sacred time, holy wind, and testimony. Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index.
Twelve-year-old twins Anny and Scout Bradford, and their neighbor Eric Larson, spending their vacation on the Navajo Nation, join with their friend Ben to track down a group of criminals who are illegally searching on Navajo land for the legendary Lost Treasure of the Golden Sun.
Clay Walker, a young Navajo who had always longed to be a warrior, finds his dream has turned into a nightmare when he is recruited during World War II to be a "code talker," a person who relays messages in his native Navajo language in order to keep information from being understood by the Japanese.
