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The elite Marine unit of Navajo soldiers whose cryptic code remained unbroken during World War Two was honored at the annual Veterans’ Day parade in New York City. The Code Talkers are using their trip as a bid to raise funds for a museum to honor their contribution to defeating the Japanese. Few of the original 400 Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. They say unless a museum is built quickly, their experiences will die with them. Nathan King reports:

This montage of photos shows the story of a design. At a trade show, the manager of a gift shop showed me a postcard of a traditional Navajo blanket design. She told me the design appeared often in the advertisements of the resort. If I could provide work woven with that design, perhaps she could sell the products in her shop. No promises — only an opportunity to sell to a high-priced resort attracting rich international tourists. I made approximate drawings. When I worked in the village, I paid for several experiments with several weavers. Only two weavers succeeded on the first try. I sent those experiments to the shop manager. She ordered ten samples, I paid in advance for the samples and experiments with other products. The manager ordered 100 and requested samples of the other products. I put those orders in motion. The shop bought all the production displaying that design. When I talked with the manager, she told me she received calls from Europe and Japan ordering the checkbooks, coin purses, and pouches for gifts. Europeans and Japanese had seen the woven work from New Mexico. They wanted Navajo art. The gift shop in New Mexico sold all the production — until the manager called and canceled all orders. She explained the CEO of the resort corporation had rejected the design as, too Indian. He only wanted products from European designers in his shops. However, I knew I scored an international success. At the next gift show, I discussed the success with the buyer …

-From, “UN DOLLARO A TESTA” (Italy, 1966) -”NAVAJO JOE” or “A DOLLAR A HEAD” or “SAVAGE RUN” (USA) -”EL IMPLACABLE JOE” (Spain) -”KOPFGELD-EIN DOLLAR” and “AN SEINEN STIEFEIN KLEBTE BLUT” (West Germany) -”JOE, O PISTOLEIRO IMPLACAVEL” (Brazil) -”NAVAJO JOE-1 DOLLARI PAANAHASTA” (Finland) “The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife.” With Burt Reynolds. -imdb.com The tune “Silhouette of Doom” from this film become world-famous as a crucial theme in “KILL BILL 2″. This title theme became known from the film “ELECTION”. The powerful vocalist is Gianna Spagnulo, whose voice is a prominent highlight of the whole score. The backing chorus is Cantori Moderni (Modern Singers) led by Alessandro Alessandroni. See also: ENNIO MORRICONE -”Silhouette of Doom” (1966) www.youtube.com ENNIO MORRICONE -”From Esperanza” (1966) www.youtube.com ENNIO MORRICONE -”Navajo Harmonica” (1966) www.youtube.com ENNIO MORRICONE -”After the End” (1966) www.youtube.com Resources: www.enniomorricone.com www.chimai.com www.myspace.com www.myspace.com www.myspace.com www.myspace.com (All rights reserved by the copyright owners. This nonprofit fan-made video is solely to promote awareness and interest in the music and films.)

The Navajo Language Academy – www.navajolanguageacademy.org – is a non-profit educational organization comprised of linguists and language teachers who are devoted to the teaching, scientific study, and promotion of the Navajo language. Language is at the heart of the human experience and is one of our most valuable cultural resources. For indigenous peoples, language represents an immediate link to our ancestors and is a crucial element in maintaining a cultural identity after centuries of conquest and assimilation. Although Navajo is one of the only North American indigenous languages with enough remaining speakers to potentially survive, it is today an endangered language that could easily become another casualty without sufficient resources and support. While most Navajo elders still speak Navajo, recent reports indicate that fewer than 10% of Navajo four-year-olds do. Navajo is not being passed to our youngest generation. At the current rate of attrition, our language is expected to be extinct in a few more generations. If this happens, it would mean that no indigenous language in the United States or Canada will have survived the European conquest and avoided becoming a dead language. The Navajo Language Academy is working to preserve and promote the Navajo language. The NLA, comprised of Navajo linguists and language teachers with advanced training, vast experience and extreme dedication, offers intensive annual workshops on Navajo language pedagogy and linguistics …

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Navajo blanket expert Dr. Mark Sublette of Medicine Man Gallery discusses the fine points of what makes a Chiefs blanket. Learn how to recognize the three phases of Chiefs blankets and how the tern Chiefs blanket developed.

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ENOUGH with the comments about how this is easy. It’s a cooking art and takes patience and skill. How many of you can spin a pizza? I can’t! Take a compliment awready!

Germantown weavings were made in the late 1800′s by some of the best Navajo weavers. Navajo blanket authority Dr. Mark Sublette gives you tips on how to identify these rare and valuable Navajo weavings.

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