Nov
10
11:00 AM11:00

Growing Up With Heroes: The First Twenty-Nine Navajo Code Talkers

Western Governors University

Learn about the First Twenty-Nine Navajo Code Talkers who created the initial Navajo code in 1942 and paved the way for the Navajo Code Talker program during World War II. Zonnie’s father, Carl Gorman, was a member of this special pilot group.

Time listed is Moutain Standard Time.

VIRTUAL - Open to the Public - https://www.wgu.edu/about/story/equity/advance-equity.html

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Nov
9
1:00 PM13:00

The Life of A Navajo Code Talker: Carl Gorman and the First-Nine

Pritzker Military Museum & Library/Chicago Public Library

In this presentation Zonnie will share the personal life story of her father, Carl Gorman, one of the original Navajo Code Talkers of World War II. Followed by Q&A.

Time is Central Standard Time.

VIRTUAL - Open to the public. To register: https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/633b32642bb1ddacec71ac69

For other presentations throughout Native American Month at the Chicago Public library visit:

https://www.chipublib.org/news/celebrate-native-american-heritage-month-2022/

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Nov
3
12:30 PM12:30

Growing Up With Heroes

Time listed is Central Standard Time.

Metropolitan Community College

In this 1 hour presentation Zonnie will share her journey to discover her father as a member of the First Twenty-Nine Navajo Code Talkers. Learn about this fascinating group who created the initial Navajo code and paved the way for the Navajo COde Talker program during World War II.

VIRTUAL - Open to the Public - To register please visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sfuutqzkjEtXPsJRVLYimE3i3xDBXF0aL

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Feb
5
7:30 PM19:30
Navajo Code Talkers, Lecture

Growing Up With Heroes: A Daughter's Journey with the Navajo Code Talkers

This is a touching and riveting multi-media story about the original famous Navajo Code Talkers. This very first group – the First Twenty-nine – was the pilot project in 1942 who created the first Navajo code. 

As a recognized historian and the daughter of the oldest Navajo Code Talker, Carl Gorman, Zonnie Gorman expertly weaves her personal connection and intimate knowledge with thirty years of archival research and collected first account stories.

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Aug
13
6:00 PM18:00

Code Talker Stories

This special presentation by Zonnie Gorman and Larry Foster, both descendants of Navajo Code Talkers, will be held in the Navajo Nation Council Chambers as part of the celebration and remembrance of the Navajo Code Talkers during Navajo Code Talker week on the Navajo Nation.

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Growing Up with Heroes: Navajo Code Talkers of World War II
Nov
13
6:00 PM18:00
History, Lecture

Growing Up with Heroes: Navajo Code Talkers of World War II

Zonnie shares a touching story about the Navajo Code Talkers, and particularly about her father's role as one of the First Twenty- Nine. In addition, you will experience the Navajo reservation of the 1940s, the U.S. Government policy of Assimilation to eradicate indigenous languages and cultures and learn how the code was made. Zonnie's personal insights, well researched information and wry humor combine to offer a poignant, eye-opening and stirringly patriotic presentation.

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Growing Up with Heroes: The First Twenty-Nine Navajo Code Talkers of World War II
Oct
25
4:00 PM16:00

Growing Up with Heroes: The First Twenty-Nine Navajo Code Talkers of World War II

  • The University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Zonnie shares a touching story about the Navajo Code Talkers, and particularly about her father's role as one of the First Twenty-Nine.  In addition, you will experience the Navajo reservation of the 1940s, the U.S. Government policy of Assimilation to eradicate indigenous languages and cultures and learn how the code was made.  Zonnie's personal insights, well researched information and wry humor combine to offer a poignant, eye-opening and stirringly patriotic presentation.

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Oct
19
7:00 PM19:00

Culture, Art, & War: Carl Gorman & the First Twenty-Nine Navajo Code Talkers

Zonnie will be the Keynote Speaker for the 81st Annual International Conference for The Association for Business Communication.

Zonnie Gorman, Carl's youngest daughter and a noted historian on the Navajo Code Talkers will share how the Navajo Code Talker program began with twenty-nine Navajo men, including her father, in the spring of 1942 and how Carl, following the war, emerged as an advocate for cultural understanding and dialogue through art and teaching.  

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Aug
7
10:45 AM10:45

Clinton’s Story: The Would-Be Navajo Code Talker Who Never Was

Navajo Festival of Arts & Culture - Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ

This lecture tells the story of George Clinton, whose unknown identity has been the subject of a seventy-five-year-old mystery surrounding the missing volunteer from the original group of Navajo Code Talkers of World War II. Zonnie Gorman, historian and daughter of one of the original Navajo Code Talkers, will tell the incredible saga of this discovery and share the short and tragic life of this would-be Code Talker.

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Aug
6
3:15 PM15:15

The Life of a Navajo Code Talker: Carl Gorman and the First Twenty-Nine

Navajo Festival of Arts & Culture - Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
Carl Gorman was too old to enlist, but he did anyway. Unemployed and running away from a rocky marriage, Carl volunteered to join the Marine Corps along with several other young Navajo men in the spring of 1942.  Little did any of them know their participation in a pilot group would mark the beginning of one of the most vital and successful military communications networks used during World War II. Learn about Carl and the First Twenty-Nine Navajo Code Talkers who developed the original Navajo code and helped win the war in the Pacific. 

 

 

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800.225.4575
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NOTE: Zonnie Gorman is available for lectures year round.  However, please be aware that her busiest month is in November, "Native American Month". So book early if you're interested in Zonnie speaking in November for you.

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