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Date Posted: Wednesday, September15, 01:47:pm
Author: Navajo?
Subject: Re: In the dark
In reply to: ShakaZulu 's message, "Re: In the dark" on Tuesday, September14, 01:48:pm

From the book Code Talker, Ned Begay wrote...
"However, I was stubborn in ways the teachers could not see. I spoke nothing but Navajo whenever I was alone with other Indian students. In the basement of the school or out back behind the wood shed, I learned Navajo songs and stories. Some students in that school, especially after being beaten enough times for talking Indian, reached the point where it became hard for them to speak Navajo, even when they wanted to. But it was not that way for me. If anything, rather than taking my language away from me, boarding school made me more determined never to forget it."

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