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Navajo warriors : the great secret / / a co-production Bonne Pioche and Idéacom international, with the participation of France 2 ; a film by Michel Viotte ; producers, Emmanuel Priou, Allyson Luchack ; co-producers, Josette D. Normandeau, Jacques Nadeau ; written and directed by Michel Viotte.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Navajo
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Marine Corps--Indians.
- United States.
- Navajo Indians.
- Navajo language.
- World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (50 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2003.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- In Navajo.
- Original language in English.
- Original language in Navajo.
- Summary:
- Navajo soldiers in World War II used their unwritten Native American tongue as an unbreakable code language. Ironically the U.S. military used the Native American language as a potent instrument of war. Successive generations of young Navajo men who fought in the elite division of the U.S. Marine Corps, relate their stories in this film. Reveals how their strong Navajo cultural identity and spiritual references correlated with traditional Marine Corps values and a passionate patriotism.
- Notes:
- A co-production France-Canada.
- OCLC:
- 747797103
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