Select Bibliography on Code Talkers Prepared by Gary Cheatham NSU John Vaughan Library December 2013
Adam Adkins, “Secret War: The Navajo Code Talkers in World War II.” New Mexico Historical Review 72 (Fall 1997) 4: 319-347. (Per. N 791 .N65 / Also available online - https://ejournals.unm.edu/index.php/nmhr/issue/archive)
Nathan Aaseng, Navajo Code Talkers. New York: Walker, 1992.
Joe Batteer and John Rice, Windtalkers. Santa Monica: MGM, 2002. [DVD] (On order for NSU Library)
Shirley W. Belleranti, “Code Talkers.” Westways 75 (1983) 5: 40-44.
Mary Bennett, “Meskwaki Code Talkers.” Iowa Heritage Illustrated 84 (December 2003) 4: 154-156.
Margaret Bixler, Winds of Freedom: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II. Darien: Two Bytes Pub. Co., 1992. (Spec. Coll. E 99 .N3B59)
Joseph Bruchac, Code Talker: Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two. New York: Scholastic Inc., 2006. (Y Coll. F B83co 2006)
H. David Brumble, “Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers.” American Indian Quarterly 17 (Winter 1993) 1: 144- 145. (Per. E 75 .A547)
“Comanches Again Called for Army Code Service,” New York Times December 13, 1940, p. 16. (Per. AN 25 .T5 / Also available online through ProQuest News and Newspapers)
Rosemary F. Crockett, “The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II.” Oral History Review 32 (Winter/Spring 2005) 1: 63-65. (Available online through Historical Abstracts Full Text and Literature Resource Center)
Robert Daily, The Code Talkers: American Indians in World War II. New York: F. Watts, 1995.
Goode Davis, “Proud Tradition of the Marines’ Navajo Code Talkers: They Fought with Words-Words No Japanese Could Fatham,” Marine Corps League 46 (Spring 1990): 16-26.
“DOD Hails Indian Code Talkers,” Sea Services Weekly November 27, 1992, p. 9-10.
Bill Donovan, “Navajo Code Talkers Made History Without Knowing It.” Arizona Republic August 14, 1992, p. B6.
Deanne Durrett, Unsung Heroes of World War II: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers. New York: Facts o File, 1998. Antonia Felix, Windtalkers: A John Woo Film. New York: Newmarket Press, 2002. (On order for NSU Library)
Jere Franco, “Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers.” Journal of Arizona History 33 (Winter 1992) 4: 433-434.
Ed Gilbert, Native American Code Talker in World War II. Oxford: Osprey, 2008. (D 810 .C88G55)
Zonnie Gorman and Eunice Kahan, Our Fathers, Grandfathers, Our Heroes: The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II: A Photographic Exhibit. Gallup: Circle of Light Navajo Educational Project, 2004.
William E. Hafford, “The Navajo Code Talkers.” Arizona Highways 65 (February 1989): 36-45.
Hidden Path Productions, Recollections of Charles Chibitty: The Last Comanche Codetalker. Mannford: Hidden Path Productions, 2000. [VHS] (AV Video and Spec. Coll. D 810 .C88R43)
History Channel, Navajo Code Talkers. New York: A&E Home Video, 1998. [DVD] (AV DVD D 81 .C88N38)
Samuel Holiday, Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker.Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2013. (On order for NSU Library)
Tom Holm, Code Talkers an Warriors: Native Americans an World War II. New York: Chelsea House, 2007.
Adam Jevec, “Semper Fidelis, Code Talkers.” Prologue 33 (December 2001) 4 270-277. (Available online through Freely Accessible Arts & Humanities Journals)
Philip Johnston, “Indian Jargon Won Our Battles.” Masterkey 38 (1964) 4:130-137.
Catherine Jones, Navajo Code Talkers: Native American Heroes. Greensboro: Tudor Pub., 1997.
Kenji Kawano, Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers. Flagstaff: Northland Pub. Co., 1990. (Main and Spec. Coll. 810 .C88K38)
Syble Lagerquist, Philip Johnston and the Navajo Code Talkers. Billings: Montana Indian Publication Fund, 1975. (Y Coll. B J6461 and Spec. Coll. D 810 .C88L3)
Vernon Langille, “Indian War Call.” Leatherneck 31 (March 1948): 37-40.
Stephen Mack, It Had To Be Done: The Navajo Code Talkers Remember World War II. Cortaro: Whispering Dove Design, 2008.
Murrey Marder, “Navajo Code Talkers.” Marine Corps Gazette September 1945, p. 10-11.
S. McClain, Navajo Weapon: The Navajo Code Talkers. Tucson: Rio Neuvo Pub., 2001. (Main and Spec. Coll. D 810 .C88M38)
S. McClain, Search for the Navajo Code Talkers. Tucson: Rio Neuvo Pub., 2012. (D 810 .C88M383) Ro McCoy, “Navajo Code Talkers of World War II.” American West 18 (1981) 6: 67-75. (Per. F 591 .A4)
William C. Meadows, The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. (Spec. Coll. D 810 .C88M43)
William C. Meadows, “Honoring Native American Code Talkers: The Road to the Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-420).” American Indian Culture & Research Journal 35 (2011) 3: 3-36. (Spec. Coll. E 75 .A5124)
William C. Meadows, “’They Had a Chance to Talk to One Another’: The Role of Incidence in Native American Code Talking.” Ethnohistory 5 (Spring 2009) 2: 369-284.
Cynthia Miller, “True Whisperers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers.” Film & History 41 (Fall 2011) 2: 89-91. (Available online through Communication & Mass Media Complete Literature Resource Center and Omni Full Text Mega)
Ed Milligan, “Comanche Code Talkers, 4th Infantry Division, 1941-1945.” Military Collector & Historian 57 (Spring 2005): 1: 44-45.
“The Navajo Code Talkers.” Pacific Northwesterner 57 (October 2013) 2: 61-64.
Michael S. Neiberg, “North American Indians in the Great War.” Ethnohistory 56 (2009) 1: 200-201.
Doris Atkinson Paul, The Navajo Code Talkers. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1973. (D 810 .C88P38)
C. James Quann, “Unique Among the Elite.” Pacific Northwesterner 57 (October 2013) 2: 1-3.
Rennie G. Quible, Walking-Talking: A Navajo Code Talker Story. Dover: Norren Pub., 2005.
Noah Jed Riseman, “’Regardless of History?’: Re-Assessing the Navajo Codetalkers of World War II.” Australasian Journal of American Studies 26 (2007) 2: 48-73. (Available online through Freely Accessible Journals)
Annie Ross, “’Our Mother Earth Is My Purpose’: Recollections From Mr. Albert Smith, Na’ashq’ii dich’izhii.” American Indian Culture & Research Journal 37 (2013) 1: 105-124. (Available online as an e- journal through the NSU Library catalog)
David Sam et al, The Power of Words: Native Languages as Weapons of War. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2006. [DVD]
Andrew Santella, Navajo Code Talkers. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2004.
Matthew J. Seelinger, “124th Signal Battalion.” On Point: Journal of Army History 12 (June 2006) 1: 30-32.
Lawrence H. Suid, “Windtalkers Sends Wrong Message.” Naval History 16 (October 2002) 5: 36-39. (Available online through Academic Search Premier MasterFILE Premier and Military & Government Collection) They Talked Navajo: The United States Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers of World War II: Record of Their Reunion, July 9-10, 1971, Window Rock, Arizona. Window Rock: Navajo Tribal Museum, 1971.
Laura Tohe, Code Talker Stories. Tucson: Rio Neuvo Pub., 2012. (D 810 .C88T64)
U.S. Navy, Navajo Cod Talkers Dictionary. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center, 1999. (Available online - http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/diversity/native- americans-in-the-navy/navajo-code-talkers-a-select-bibliography.html)
Valhalla Motion Pictures and Red-Horse Native Productions, True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers. Alexandria: PBS Home Video, 2007. [DVD] (AV DVD D 810 .C88T78)
Bruce Kawano Watson, “Navajo Code Talkers: A Few Good Men.” Smithsonian 24 (August 1993) 5: 34- 43. (Per. AS 30 .S6 / Also available online through Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and OmniFile Full Text Mega)
William R. Wilson, “Code Talkers.” American History 31 (January-February 1997) 6: 16-22. (Per. E 171 .A574 / Also available online through Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Military & Government Collection)