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?
Tradition is the enemy of ___________.
What is Progress?
The Japanese war cry used by soldiers when they attacked foxholes at night.
What is Banzai?
Relative who drives Kii Yazhi/Ned to the boarding school.
Who is his 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?
Hello in Navajo.
What is "Yaat'eeh?"
The person Ned taught to read at Boot Camp
Who is Georgia Boy?
Why did Ned's commanding officer force him and the other Navajos to take pills while on Bougainville?
What is 'so they don't get sick/don't get Malaria'?
What made Kii Yazhi/Ned feel "as if he were a sheep about to be sheared?"
What is getting a haircut?
What happens if you leave your foxhole at night?
What is getting mistaken for the enemy and killed.
Navajo name for the US. It also means "Our mother."
What is Nihima?
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 Ned used to help him through times of uncertainty (Chapter 19).
What is thinking of his home/family, corn pollen blessing, the Navajo Way.
Protection ceremony held for Kii Yazhi/Ned before he joins the Marines.
What is The Blessingway?
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).
Word for Goodbye in Navajo.