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The 4th installment in #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth series highlights the Ute Indian Tribe’s environmental philosophy and approach to conservation as found in the Coalition’s Land Management Plan (LMP). Image ID Slide 1: A graphic. Background is abstract with yel
This series celebrates #NAHM by sharing the conservation perspectives of the five Coalition Tribes with an emphasis on #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge. Image ID Slide 2: A graphic. Background is abstract with yel
A crucial component of our work is ensuring that Traditional Knowledge is incorporated into the collaborative management of BE, we also strive to ensure that Native ways of knowing are given equal consideration with knowledge understood through a Western scientific paradigm. Image ID Slide 3: A graphic. Background is abstract with yel
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In recognition of Native American Heritage Month (#NAHM), we’re revisiting the incredible story of #Navajo Code Talkers and the Unbreakable Code:

bit.ly/2f1zGRL Navajo Code Talkers
During the course of #WWII, about 400 #Navajos participated in the code talker program. The first 29 recruited arrived at Camp Elliott in May 1942. One of their first tasks was to develop a Navajo code from their native language. Code protected valuable #intelligence.
#Navajo was the perfect option as a code because it is not written and very few people, who aren’t of Navajo origin, can speak it. However, the U.S. Marines took the code to the next level and made it virtually unbreakable by further encoding the language with word substitution.
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#Navajo Code Talkers & the Unbreakable Code
#WWII
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
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During #WWI, Choctaw language was used for secret tactical messages. It was instrumental in successful surprise attack against Germans
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#WWII: #Navajo Marines developed a code from their native language that stumped cryptanalysts. Code protected valuable intelligence.
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