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03779aam a2200481 i 4500 001 A3CF9734CF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 200602t20212021okuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020020849 020 $a 0806168412 020 $a 9780806168418 035 $a (OCoLC)1157680460 040 $a AzTeS/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d IMF $d IH5 $d YDX $d YUS $d DLC $d MTG $d SILO 041 0 $a eng 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D570.8.I6 $b M43 2021 082 00 $a 940.4/8673 $b M4825f $2 23 100 1 $a Meadows, William C., $d 1966- $e author. 245 14 $a The first code talkers : $b Native American communicators in World War I / $c William C. Meadows. 246 10 $a Native American communicators in World War I 264 1 $a Norman : $b University of Oklahoma Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xv, 358 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a The civilization of the American Indian series ; $v volume 281 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-349) and index. 520 $a "An ethnohistory of known Native American Code Talkers of World War I, exploring the origins of code talking, misconceptions and popular myths, recognition of military service, and the impact on code talkers during World War I"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The first full account of these forgotten soldiers in our nation’s military history, The First Code Talkers covers all known Native American code talkers of World War I—members of the Choctaw, Oklahoma Cherokee, Comanche, Osage, and Sioux nations, as well as the Eastern Band of Cherokee and Ho-Chunk, whose veterans have yet to receive congressional recognition. William C. Meadows, the foremost expert on the subject, describes how Native languages, which were essentially unknown outside tribal contexts and thus could be as effective as formal encrypted codes, came to be used for wartime communication. While more than thirty tribal groups were eventually involved in World Wars I and II, this volume focuses on Native Americans in the American Expeditionary Forces during the First World War. Drawing on nearly thirty years of research—in U.S. military and Native American archives, surviving accounts from code talkers and their commanding officers, family records, newspaper accounts, and fieldwork in descendant communities—the author explores the origins, use, and legacy of the code talkers. In the process, he highlights such noted decorated veterans as Otis Leader, Joseph Oklahombi, and Calvin Atchavit and scrutinizes numerous misconceptions and popular myths about code talking and the secrecy surrounding the practice. With appendixes that include a timeline of pertinent events, biographies of known code talkers, and related World War I data, this book is the first comprehensive work ever published on Native American code talkers in the Great War and their critical place in American military history."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Indian code talkers. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Cryptography. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Participation, Indian. 650 7 $a Cryptography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00884552 650 7 $a Indian code talkers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01737187 650 7 $a Military participation $x Indian. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353730 648 7 $a 1914-1918 $2 fast 830 0 $a Civilization of the American Indian series ; $v v. 281. 941 $a 5 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100218.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20230630011100.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064841.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317021627.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20211201010445.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A3CF9734CF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search