Mission School
who took Ned to the Mission school on the first day?
Neds uncle
The area where the Navajo tribe settled was called what?
The 4 corners
The man who translated for the Navajo children on their first day of mission school was who?
Jacob Benally
What does the Navajo word "Bilagaanaa" mean?
white people
what war were the Navajos first used for being code talkers?
World War 2
What were 3 things taken away from the Navajo children once they got to boarding school?
Hair
Clothing/jewelry
Name
True or False: After boarding school, Ned was accepted to Navajo High School.
True
What is Ned Begays Navajo name?
Kii Yazhi
The Navajo people referred to themselves as the "______" which means "holy people".
Dine
What is a hogan?
A house
Who was the "angry white man" that yelled at the Navajo children on the first day of school?
Principal O'Sullivan
What country did Ned and the other Navajo students raise money for after Ned read about the country in Social Studies class?
Japan
True or False: John Roanhorse, one of the Navajo students at Neds boarding school, was "openly defiant" and refused to give up speaking Navajo.
True
When the Navajo children get to the boarding school, they begin to introduce themselves by telling each other what __________ they are from.
Clan
What age was Ned when he first went to boarding school?
6 years old
True or False:
When Ned gets his mouth washed out with soap for greeting a teacher in Navajo, he decided to never speak Navajo again.
False, he was more resolved than ever to remember his sacred langauge
Ned and many other Navajos wanted to fight in WWII after the bombing of what island?
Pearl Harbor
What was the name of the teacher who washed Neds mouth out with soap?
Mr. Reamer
Ned got his last name "Begay" assigned because Mr. Reamer saw that he had "Biye" in his Navajo name. What Mr. Reamer did not realize, is that "Biye" actually means "__________________".
son of
Define the word "marginalized".
to exclude or treat someone or something as not important.
What word is missing from the sign on the outside of the mission boarding school?
" ____________ is the enemy of progress"
Tradition
The Four Corners, where the Navajo people made their home, borders what 4 states?
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Who spoke the line "Navajo is no good, of no use at all!
Principal O'Sullivan
In 1864, Navajo people "were forced to walk hundreds of miles to a strange and faraway place" by the U.S. government. This event was known as what?
The Long Walk
The novel Code Talker is a story told by a ____________ to his _________________.
grandfather
grandchildren