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They are known as the code talkers, and they have a special place in Sandy Winneshiek’s heart. “These veterans risked their lives to support the United States, and they weren’t even citizens ...
CROW AGENCY — Tribal, state and military officials on Friday presented Congressional Gold Medals posthumously to four Crow veterans for their service as Code Talkers during World War II.
BLACK RIVER FALLS — The Ho-Chunk Nation was among 33 Native American tribes recently honored for their work as “code talkers” in the two world wars. The Nation received a Congressional Gold ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Chester Nez, the last original Navajo Code Talker, has passed away in his Albuquerque home. Nez was recruited with 28 other Native Americans by the U.S. Marines to create a ...
Victims of radiation exposure from federal uranium mining and nuclear testing on tribal lands in the Southwest could receive ...
In honor of Native American Recognition Day, Chase Field in Phoenix welcomed representatives of dozens of Arizona tribes to ...
He was believed to be about 78. Billison and other Navajo Marines, called the Code Talkers, used the code and their native language to communicate troop movements and orders, developing a secret ...
Setting aside the outlandish demand that two newspapers’ worth of journalists submit themselves to drug testing, it seems ...
Meskwaki Code Talkers were sent to North Africa after 16% of the tribe's Iowa population enlisted during World War II. As of Monday, the word "Meskwaki" no longer appeared on the DOD's website.
The Washington Post’s Philip Bump penned a column asserting the obvious—ICE officers are covering their faces and wearing ...
Every week, The Post runs a collection of letters of readers’ grievances — pointing out grammatical mistakes, missing ...