{"id":1927,"date":"2013-06-05T11:51:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T16:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2013-06-12T10:07:02","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T15:07:02","slug":"kee-etsicitty-navajo-code-talker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/kee-etsicitty-navajo-code-talker\/","title":{"rendered":"Kee Etsicitty &#8211; Navajo Code Talker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Living History &#8211; Kee Etsicitty &#8211; Navajo Code Talker<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Navajo Oral History Project<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/kee-etsicitty-navajo-code-talker\/kee-etsicitty-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1928\" alt=\"Kee Etsicitty - Navajo Code Talker\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kee-Etsicitty-1-720x627.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kee-Etsicitty-1-720x627.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kee-Etsicitty-1-300x261.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kee-Etsicitty-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marine Corps Veteran Kee Etsicitty is a native of the Navajo reservation. Kee served as a Navajo Code Talker during World War II where he used his language to communicate messages among soldiers and helped defeat the enemy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/kee-etsicitty-navajo-code-talker\/kee-etsicitty-and-kurt\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1929\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1929\" alt=\"Marine Corps Veteran Kee Etsicitty is a native of the Navajo reservation. Kee served as a Navajo Code Talker during World War II where he used his language to communicate messages among soldiers and helped defeat the enemy. He was stationed in Guadalcanal, Guam, Iwo Jima and other Pacific locations for just over two years. Despite the hardships of war, Kee feels proud to have \u201ccontributed something that brought the liberty back a little closer.\u201d  Project completed by: Kelsey Foss - WSU Sammi Luhmann - WSU Robin McGee - DC Stefani Schmidt - WSU\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kee-Etsicitty-and-Kurt-720x576.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kee-Etsicitty-and-Kurt-720x576.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kee-Etsicitty-and-Kurt-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kee-Etsicitty-and-Kurt.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a> He was stationed in Guadalcanal, Guam, Iwo Jima and other Pacific locations for just over two years. Despite the hardships of war, Kee feels proud to have \u201ccontributed something that brought the liberty back a little closer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Project completed by:<br \/>\nKelsey Foss &#8211; WSU<br \/>\nSammi Luhmann &#8211; WSU<br \/>\nRobin McGee &#8211; DC<br \/>\nStefani Schmidt &#8211; WSU<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fDh4v_sea3c\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis documentary film was researched, photographed, edited and produced by students of Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota) and Din\u00e9 College (Tsaile, Arizona, Navajo Nation) during summer 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It contains stories Kee Etsicitty of Chichiltah, New Mexico, told the students during several hours of interviews about his life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This documentary film is archived at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navajonationmuseum.org\/\">Navajo Nation Museum<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nnlib.org\/\">Navajo Nation Library<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.winona.edu\/library\/\">Winona State University Library<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/library.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College Library<\/a>, and will be archived at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nmai.si.edu\/home\/\">Smithsonian Institution\u2019s National Museum of the American Indian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/masscommunimania.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Navajo%20Oral%20History\">Navajo Oral History project<\/a>, a multi-year collaboration between the Winona State University<a href=\"http:\/\/masscommunimania.blogspot.com\/\">Mass Communication Department<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College<\/a>\u2013 The official Tribal College of the Navajo Nation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living History &#8211; Kee Etsicitty &#8211; Navajo Code Talker Navajo Oral History Project &nbsp; Marine Corps Veteran Kee Etsicitty is a native of the Navajo reservation. Kee served as a Navajo Code Talker during World War II where he used his language to communicate messages among soldiers and helped defeat the enemy. 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