The Navajo code talkers were put into English schools as children and were discouraged from speaking Navajo and participating in their customs. In fact, they were punished for it.
It was ironic because before the war, they were punished for speaking Navajo but it ended up being one of the things that helped the United States win the war. So afterwards, Americans were more accepting of it
Almost all the Navajo that fought in WWII were trained code talkers. They joined the war effort because they wanted to protect their ways of life and their homelands.
They kind of constructed an alphabet using Navajo words for miscellaneous items such as animals and plants. They then sent these letters using Morris code.
When the code talkers returned home they did not receive a huge welcome, and no one knew of the things they did because they were told to keep it top secret just I case the government needed to use those tactics again. But eventually in the early 2000's they were awarded with medals for their bravery, even though there were only 5 of them alive.
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