1
What did Kii Yahzi's name change to?
Ned Begay
Who was Jim Thorpe?
He was a famous Indian athlete.
Describe how Kii Yazhi’s mother looks at the beginning of chapter 1
Long black hair in a bun, pretty and wearing silver jewelry and her best clothing
What does the white man do when the students first get to the school
He yells at them in english
School and being good
Who is the protagonist of Code Talker?
Kii Yahzi/Ned Begay
What happens when the students speak navajo?
What was the Long Walk?
What does Ned's teacher call him
a savage
What are the “compliments” that Ned’s teachers pay him?
They call him smart for a navajo
What did the schools force the kids to change
Their hair, names and their clothes
Who took our main character to the school?
His uncle
Where is Kii Yazhi going
To the mission school
What was Ned interested in
Japan
Explain why Ned chooses not to speak up in class.
He does not want the other students to feel bad
Why did they change the kids?
To erase their Navajo culture and identity, to make them more american
How do most people in the Navajo culture learn?
By their families
What happened to the United States in chapter 6?
They got bombed and pulled into the war by Japan
Why was Ned embarrassed by his teacher?
he called him a savage and a dunce and yelled at him
Why were many people in America worried?
They didn't want to go to war
Why did kids go to mission schools
To learn how to be american and get a better advantage in the american world
Describe some of the ways the Navajo students cope with boarding school.
Refer to teacher
What is the goal of the mission school
to erase the navajo culture
What chapter did we just read?
6
What are the central ideas in the Navajo Tribal Council’s resolution from 1940?
Refer to teacher