Jessica Crabtree

NAPT (Native American Public Telecommunications) is releasing a new documentary on the Choctaw code operators or World War I – the first Native Americans to employ their language as a code for the US military. The debut is set for premier in October. See the NAPT site for more details:

Native American Public Telecommunications: Choctaw Code Talkers film

View the trailer here:

Although the Choctaw units of the first World War were the original “code talkers,” their work was highly covert and today is often overlooked in favor of the more famous Navajo code talkers of World War II. In reality dozens of Indian nations and other indigenous peoples participated in these secret language programs, contributing vastly to the Allied efforts in both wars.

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