Editing Code talker (section)

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In [[World War II]], the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] employed First Nations soldiers who spoke the [[Cree language]] as code talkers. Owing to oaths of secrecy and official classification through 1963, the role of Cree code talkers was less well-known than their US counterparts and went unacknowledged by the Canadian government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/cree-code-talkers-documentary-explores-role-of-canada-s-unsung-wwii-heroes-PPbNyhPV6UuTB_zuwWHP1Q/|title=Cree Code Talkers: Documentary Explores Role of Canada's Unsung WWII Heroes|website=IndianCountryMediaNetwork.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127094356/https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/cree-code-talkers-documentary-explores-role-of-canada-s-unsung-wwii-heroes-PPbNyhPV6UuTB_zuwWHP1Q/|archive-date=January 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> A 2016 documentary, ''Cree Code Talkers'', tells the story of one such [[Métis in Canada|Métis]] individual, [[Checker Tomkins|Charles "Checker" Tomkins]]. Tomkins died in 2003 but was interviewed shortly before his death by the Smithsonian [[National Museum of the American Indian]]. While he identified other Cree code talkers, "Tomkins may have been the last of his comrades to know anything of this secret operation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.creecodetalker.com/about/|title=About|website=Cree Code Talker|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020655/http://www.creecodetalker.com/about/|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cree-code-talkers|last=Scott|first=Peter|title=Cree Code Talkers|website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=2019-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127094359/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cree-code-talkers|archive-date=January 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>