Controversial language barriers in society These two major events were happening in the same time period but they contradict usage of native language. Indian boarding schools from 1860 to 1969. They enforced breaking cultural backgrounds to reflect their own cultural background, which contradicts what code talkers used during the war. Code talkers is a name given to American Indians who used their tribal language to send secret communications on the battlefield. Having language barriers during this time period was very controversial depending on the situation, which became useful when it came to military tactics. In our history, Indian boarding schools had negative effects on our society. Indian children were forcibly abducted and removed from…show more content… Athletics were encouraged and children also took arts classes, such as music and drawing. Code talking was one of the big things that happened in war. There were many benefits to code talking, mainly being so enemies didn’t know what was being said. Code talking was used to encrypt messages from ally to ally. A code talker is the name given to American Indians who used their tribal language to send secret communications on the battlefield. Native soldiers joined to protect the reputation of their tribes and the United States. Others joined to gain respect, some even joined to try and make a better life for them and their families. Native soldiers had no idea that their native languages would play an important role in the War. In the beginning of World War I they realized a dangerous error in the U.S. Army signal communications: the messages were not encrypted. The Germans quickly intercepted and translated messages sent in plain English. The enemy used the messages to discover the Allied force’s locations and gain an advantage on the battlefield. Once they found this out, a group of Eastern Band Cherokee used their native language to communicate to see if they could decode
