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SLW--Navaho Code Talkers This picture above is of a group of Navaho Code Talkers that landed on Saipan in the Mariana Islands. During the 1930s, relations with Native Americans began to improve when the 1887 Dawes Severalty Act was reversed and the Indian Reorganization Act was implemented. This Act allowed for Native American tribes to have their own land and encouraged them to uses their own language and to adhere to their own culture and traditions once again. During World War II, Native Americans were willing to help the US fight in the war because they felt strongly about protecting their land and their people. Navaho Code Talkers as well as members of other tribes communicated throughout the war using codes written in their own native dialects. This was a crucial aspect to the Allied success during the war, in that no other nation could decipher the communication that was taking place. The codes that were communicated using these Native American languages were the only codes that were not deciphered throughout all of World War II. Navaho Code Talkers in particular were hired by the United States Marine Corp and were mostly used in the Pacific Theater. This particular picture shows some of the Code Talkers that helped contribute to the US victory over the Japanese army that was occupying the island. Saipan became an important military base for the US throughout the rest of the war as well. The vital help from Native Americans gained them a lot of respect and many Americans had a complete change of attitude towards them. This method of using languages without alphabets or grammar was so successful during World War II that the practice was used by the United States in the Vietnam War as well. The picture was taken to document the important role that the Code Talkers played in the war and out of respect for their service.

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