MCC Speaker Series: Navajo Code Talkers, Arizona in the movies
October 19, 2018
Online version of news release here > https://www.mohave.edu/2018/10/11/november-december-speaker-series-in-havasu/
MCC News
Mohave Community College
October 2018
MCC Speaker Series: Navajo Code Talkers, Arizona in the movies
The MCC Lake Havasu City campus, in partnership with AZ Humanities, invites the public to two free, great presentations in November and December.
On November 8, Laura Tohe will present “Armed with Our Language, We Went to War: The Navajo Code Talkers.”
During WWII a select group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines with a unique weapon. Using the Navajo language, they devised a secret code that the enemy never deciphered. For more than 40 years a cloak of secrecy hung over the Code Talker’s service until the code was declassified and they were finally honored for their military contributions in the South Pacific by Presidents Reagan, Bush, and the Navajo Nation.
The presentation at MCC will include the Code Talkers’ cultural background, how the code was devised and used, photos, and how Navajo spiritual beliefs were used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Tohe is a Professor with Distinction in Indigenous Literature at Arizona State University and is the Poet Laureate of the Navajo Nation for 2015-2019. For more about her, visit her webpage www.lauratohe.com.
Light refreshments will be served on the MCC Library patio.
What: Armed with Our Language, We Went to War: The Navajo Code Talkers
When: Thursday, November 8, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Where: MCC Lake Havasu City Campus
Library, Building 1200
1977 Acoma Blvd West
Lake Havasu City
On December 13, learn about Arizona in the movies. Andy Devine, Tyrone Power, Katy Jurado, Steve McQueen and, of course, John Wayne. From the earliest days of film, Arizona has been a setting and subject for hundreds of films.
Some, like Junior Bonner and Red River, are considered classics, others, such as Billy Jack and Evolution, surely less so. Some may even be classics in the making, from Tombstone to Near Dark. In this entertaining talk, Gregory McNamee, a frequent contributor on film to the Encyclopedia Britannica and former columnist for the Hollywood Reporter, looks at the Grand Canyon State on the silver screen.
Gregory McNamee is a writer, editor, photographer, and publisher. He is the author of forty books and of more than five thousand articles and other publications. He is a contributing editor to the Encyclopedia Britannica, a research fellow at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona, and a lecturer in the Eller School of Management, also at the University of Arizona. For more about him, visit his web page at www.gregorymcnamee.com.
Light refreshments will be served.
What: Cowpokes, Crooks and Cactus: AZ in the Movies
When: December 13, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Where: MCC Lake Havasu City Campus
Building 600
1977 Acoma Blvd West
Lake Havasu City
MCC News
Mohave Community College
October 2018
MCC Speaker Series: Navajo Code Talkers, Arizona in the movies
The MCC Lake Havasu City campus, in partnership with AZ Humanities, invites the public to two free, great presentations in November and December.
On November 8, Laura Tohe will present “Armed with Our Language, We Went to War: The Navajo Code Talkers.”
During WWII a select group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines with a unique weapon. Using the Navajo language, they devised a secret code that the enemy never deciphered. For more than 40 years a cloak of secrecy hung over the Code Talker’s service until the code was declassified and they were finally honored for their military contributions in the South Pacific by Presidents Reagan, Bush, and the Navajo Nation.
The presentation at MCC will include the Code Talkers’ cultural background, how the code was devised and used, photos, and how Navajo spiritual beliefs were used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Tohe is a Professor with Distinction in Indigenous Literature at Arizona State University and is the Poet Laureate of the Navajo Nation for 2015-2019. For more about her, visit her webpage www.lauratohe.com.
Light refreshments will be served on the MCC Library patio.
What: Armed with Our Language, We Went to War: The Navajo Code Talkers
When: Thursday, November 8, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Where: MCC Lake Havasu City Campus
Library, Building 1200
1977 Acoma Blvd West
Lake Havasu City
On December 13, learn about Arizona in the movies. Andy Devine, Tyrone Power, Katy Jurado, Steve McQueen and, of course, John Wayne. From the earliest days of film, Arizona has been a setting and subject for hundreds of films.
Some, like Junior Bonner and Red River, are considered classics, others, such as Billy Jack and Evolution, surely less so. Some may even be classics in the making, from Tombstone to Near Dark. In this entertaining talk, Gregory McNamee, a frequent contributor on film to the Encyclopedia Britannica and former columnist for the Hollywood Reporter, looks at the Grand Canyon State on the silver screen.
Gregory McNamee is a writer, editor, photographer, and publisher. He is the author of forty books and of more than five thousand articles and other publications. He is a contributing editor to the Encyclopedia Britannica, a research fellow at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona, and a lecturer in the Eller School of Management, also at the University of Arizona. For more about him, visit his web page at www.gregorymcnamee.com.
Light refreshments will be served.
What: Cowpokes, Crooks and Cactus: AZ in the Movies
When: December 13, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Where: MCC Lake Havasu City Campus
Building 600
1977 Acoma Blvd West
Lake Havasu City
