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What tribes?

Apache,Sioux, Cherokee, Navajo,and many more.

Bibliography

http://www.shsu.edu/his_ncp/NAWWII.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_and_World_War_II

Ways they helped

  • Native Americans made greater per capita contribution than any other group.
  • Their language baffled the enemy
  • Women served as WAC, WAVES, and nurses
  • Over 44,000 Native Americans enlisted to serve by 1945

The Codes

Fighter Planes: da-he-tih-hi

Dive Bomber: gini

Observation Plane:ne-ahs-jah

Bomber Plane: jay-sho

Air Craft Carrier:tsidi-ne-ye-hi

Bombs:a-ye-shi

Battleships:lo-sto

Destroyer:ca-lo

Submarine: besh-lo

Amphibious vehicle: chal

Common Jobs

Why?

Navajo: Code talkers

Apache: Scouts

Sioux: Marine Corps Reservists

Fun Facts

  • The Iroquios had called war on the Germans right before WWII started
  • They felt it was their fight too.

Native Americans in WWII

By Emily and Tana

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