Valerie Red Horse
Huntington Beach, CA
In 1918, not yet citizens of the U.S., Choctaw tribal members of the U.S. American Expeditionary Forces were asked to use their native language as a powerful tool against the German forces in World War I, setting a precedent for code-talking as an effective military weapon and establishing them as America’s original “code talkers.”
Our Non-Licensee Partner(s)
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT), Lincoln, Nebraska—A private, not-for-profit media arts corporation that re-grants CPB funds to support the creation, promotion, and distribution of educational programs for all media, including public television and public radio, and provides training opportunities to encourage American Indians and Alaska Natives to work in Native public media.