Navajo Words
What is the Navajo word for white man?
bilagaana
What is Ned's Navajo name?
Kii Yazhi
What did the teachers do with the soap in the boarding school?
wash the kids moths with it
What were the soldiers allowed to do before boot camp started?
Relax and talk to each other
Who created the Navajo code?
The Navajo soldiers
The letter does MOASI (cat) represent in the Navajo Code?
C
What was Ned's mother wearing when he left to go to boarding school?
traditional Navajo clothing
What did the teachers cut off in the boarding school?
their hair
What were the soldiers given that included soap?
a hygiene kit
Morse code
The letter does DZEH (elk) represent in the Navajo Code?
E
How old was Ned when he joined the Marines?
17
What were the soldiers told to say when answering an officer?
yes sir
Where the Navajo soldiers allowed to discuss the code with other Navajo soldiers outside of their group?
no
The letter does NE-AS_JAH (owl) represent in the Navajo Code?
O
What was the ceremony that Ned was a part of before he left for boot camp?
The Blessingway
Where was Ned's classmate locked up?
the basement
What language were the Navajo soldiers allowed to speak?
Navajo
write it down
tell anyone
etc...
The letter does A-KEH-DI-GLINI (victor) represent in the Navajo Code?
V
What was the nickname given to Ned because he was so small?
ant
Name one additional experience discussed about the boarding school.
they had uncomfortable beds
they were forced to work manual labor
they were yelled at
etc....
What was used to cut the Navajo's hair?
razor
Where did the Navajo soldiers have to keep the Navajo code?