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Your code-talkers after they 'served their country' returned to reservations plagued with alcoholic abuse, high suicide rates and domestic abuse, they never, not one of them, recieved their GI bill like other soldiers. - land of the free indeed (if you're white and middle-class of course).
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Interesting. I've found two sites that speak of code talkers that DID use the GI bill of rights. Here is one quote, with the link to the entire article following.
After the war, Billison decided to take advantage of his benefits with the GI Bill. Oklahoma colleges and universities were known to be Indian-friendly, so Billison came to Oklahoma. He first attended East Central in Ada, receiving a bachelor’s degree. He worked at a hotel in Wewoka for a little spending cash. Then in 1954, he attended the University of Oklahoma, where he garnered his master’s degree. He earned his doctorate in education from the University of Arizona. With no one knowing his true wartime contribution, Billison went to work as a school principal and later was elected to the Navajo Tribal Council. Finally, in 1968, the Marines declassified the code.
http://www.oufoundation.org/sm/summe...tory.asp?ID=58
And then there is"
Some of the returning Code Talkers stayed in their home communities and farmed, ranched, fished, and did whatever kinds of work they could find. Others had to move to larger urban areas where jobs were more plentiful. Many veterans took advantage of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (better known as the G.I. Bill) to go to college or get vocational training.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/cod.../chapter6.html
Many native Americans persevered and made great contributions to their peoples.
I guess its like any thing else. You can find excuses for your lot in life, or you can go out and do something about it.