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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code
2018·32 pages
A young Navajo boy, Chester Nez, endures boarding school trauma and later uses his language to create an unbreakable WWII military code.
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A young Navajo boy, Chester Nez, endures boarding school trauma and later uses his language to create an unbreakable WWII military code.
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As a young Navajo boy, Chester Nez had to leave the reservation and attend boarding school, where he was taught that his native language and culture were useless. But Chester refused to give up his heritage. Years later, during World War II, Chester and other Navajo men like him was recruited by the US Marines to use the Navajo language to create an unbreakable military code. Suddenly the language he had been told to forget was needed to fight a war.
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Moderate war violence implied; haunting illustrations of trauma.
Profanity
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No profanity depicted.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation depicted.
Religious content
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Brief mention of missionary boarding school context.
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult themes depicted.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Themes of cultural assimilation and racism against Native Americans.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Central themes of forced assimilation and trauma in boarding schools.
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