Andrea M Page
Author
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The author's great-uncle John Bear King was a Sioux Indian in the First Cavalry in the Second World War. Her book follows seven Sioux who put aside a long history of prejudice against their people and joined the fight against Japan, using their native language as a secret code for the Americans. The Sioux and other tribal code-talking groups have historically taken a backseat to the Navajo Code Talkers, until a presidential act of recognition was...