During the time of World War II, Navajo was virtually unknown outside the reservation. And the code proved uncrackable.

Kenji Kawano's striking photographs capture the quiet dignity of the Navajo Code Talkers as they recall their heroic actions. #VeteransDay "When I was going to boarding school, the U.S. government told us not to speak Navajo, but during the war, they wanted us to speak it!"

Pictured in 2014: George James Sr, Window Rock, AZ.
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After receiving multiple direct messages about how to help the Navajo Nation during the #coronavirus epidemic - a list of organizations/websites has been compiled. If there are any more to add, please share. A thread: .@DigDeepH2O helps bring clean, running water to hundreds of Navajo families. They’re also helping out-of-work families pay their water and electric bills so that their services continue uninterrupted. 100% of donations will fund the Navajo Water Project.
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Former Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch has created a ⁦@gofundme⁩ fundraiser to help Navajo & Hopi Families amid #COVID19. gofundme.com/f/navajo-amp-h… The Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation are extreme food deserts with only 9 grocery stores on Navajo to serve some 180,000 people and only 1 grocery store on Hopi to serve some 3,000 people.