Vocabulary
Means "The white people"
What is biliganaa?
This is the man who performed The Blessingway ceremony for Kii Yazhi/Ned.
Who is Hosteen Mitchell?
The date of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is December 7, 1941
Ned says the Navajos adjusted to Marine life much easier than other men, why? (Explain at least one thing)
What is the Navajos were used to being yelled at, hiking long distances and living outside, carrying heavy packs, going without food?
Ned and other Navajo men served in this branch
What is the Military?
This word means to force them to give up their Navajo culture and adopt white American ways
What is assimilation
Relative who drives Kii Yazhi/Ned to the boarding school.
Who is Ned's uncle?
Kii Yazhi/Ned's age at the time he left for boarding school.
What is six years old?
The name 'Kii Yazhi' means this.
What is Little Boy?
What happened when Ned first tried to swim at Boot Camp.
What is sank to the bottom?
This word describes the peaceful, balanced relationship between the Navajo people, corn, and nature in the article “Corn Pollen.”
What is harmonious?
The person Ned taught to read at Boot Camp
Who is Georgia Boy?
This event marks a turning point for Ned, when something that was once punished at school becomes a source of pride and power in the military.
What is Ned using the Navajo language as a Code Talker?
What made Kii Yazhi/Ned feel "as if he were a sheep about to be sheared?"
What is getting a haircut?
Where did Ned grow up?
This traditional Navajo home is where families live and reflects their connection to nature.
What is a hogan?
What Mr. Reamer did to those who spoke Navajo at Boarding School.
What is washing their mouth out with soap?
At what age did Kii Yazhi/Ned finally join the Marines?
What is 16?
Kind of jewelry worn by Kii Yazhi's mom in the first chapter of the book.
What is turquoise and silver?
What was the name of the Navajo boy who consistently refused to follow the white teachers’ rules, was repeatedly beaten, and was locked away in a basement at boarding school?
Who is John Roanhorse.
Protection ceremony held for Kii Yazhi/Ned before he joins the Marines.
What is the Blessingway Ceremony?
The Marine recruiter who comes to recruit Navajos for the Marines.
Who is Johnny Manuelito?
When the whole Navajo tribe was forced to walk hundred's of miles to Fort Sumner.
What is The Long Walk?
What is the name of the sacred Navajo homeland and where is it? Name at least ONE of the states.
What is Dinetah and Four Corners area (New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado).
What were the axis powers? Germany, Italy and Japan