New song reveals code talkers from Garden River First Nation served in Second World War
Four men from Garden River First Nation are the only known Ojibwe speakers to exchange indecipherable intel on the battlefield in France during the Second World War.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/code-talkers-garden-river-second-world-war-9.7176240?cmp=rssMany have heard of the WWII Navajo Code Talkers. I was not aware that there was a group of WWI Choctaw Code Talkers. There are some good backstories in this.
https://www.choctawnation.com/about/history/code-talkers/
#Choctaw #CodeTalkers #WWI #NativeAmericans
Code Talkers - Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
They served, they sacrificed, 19 young Choctaw soldiers were the first to use their native language to confuse the enemy, making a marked difference in the outcome of World War I.
Code Talkers Taken Down! | Recently Deleted History
https://tube.blueben.net/w/j233t6SYUmoEAKF2nKyjfU
Code Talkers Taken Down! | Recently Deleted History
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.
Historical Figures Cut From Military Websites While Others Are Restored Following #DEI #Ban
Some pages about figures like #JackieRobinson the #TuskegeeAirmen the Navajo #CodeTalkers and Desert Storm-era Gen. #ColinPowell have been restored following public #outrage But many remain down and have not been restored.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/historic-figures-cut-military-websites-others-are-restored-dei-ban-rcna197336
#wypipo #ErasingHistory #OutCry #BlackMastodon
Historical figures cut from military websites while others are restored following ‘DEI’ ban
Doris Miller, the first Black sailor to earn a Navy Cross, is one of many from marginalized backgrounds whose contributions have been scrubbed from Pentagon websites.
"White House officials informed the Navajo Nation that an artificial intelligence-powered automated review process looking for content with DEI initiatives led to the elimination of anything mentioning “Navajo,” according to a statement from Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren."
(Comment: 🙄 Blame the AI... right....)
https://apnews.com/article/navajo-code-talkers-dei-pentagon-native-american-5ae814f99a5c5e00128613b2be9b554e
#Politics #USPol #Racism #DEI #CodeTalkers
Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry
The Pentagon has restored some webpages highlighting the wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans. The move Wednesday came after tribes across the country objected to the removal of their histories. The Pentagon scrubbed some content as part of a broader sweep of information that promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI. Defense Department officials said Wednesday the Navajo Code Talker material was erroneously erased. Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren says he's pleased with the resolution. Hundreds of Navajos served as Code Talkers with the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, transmitting coded messages based on their Native language. The Japanese never broke the code.
@georgetakei
They fought in WWI too!
We just keep taking.
We’ve become the “Aliens” in “Independence Day”!
Stripping the planet of is resources & moving on to the next planet…
Isn’t that right, #elonmusk ?
#codetalkers #jackierobinson #irahayes
Ira Hayes:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dod-native-american-ira-hayes-removed/
Code Talkers:
https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/americas-first-code-talkers
DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes — then restored one, with changes
In 1945, Hayes was one of six men famously photographed raising an American flag on Iwo Jima.
From 1942 to 1945, the
#Navajo #CodeTalkers were instrumental in every major Marine Corps operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Now under
#Trump Articles about them have disappeared from military websites, with several broken URLs now labeled "DEI."
#indigenous #nativeamerican https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/03/17/navajo-code-talkers-trump-dei-military-websites-wwiiExclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.
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