Aug. 14 is Navajo Code Talkers Day, a date President Ronald Reagan dedicated in 1982 to "all members of the Navaho Nation and to all Native Americans who gave their special talents and their lives so ...

John Kinsel, who has died aged 103 (or possibly 107), was one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers, recruited by the US Marines in the Second World War to baffle Japanese cryptologists by sending ...

Navajo code talkers played a vital role during World War II by using their language to send tactical messages. These men were ...

MacDonald, who joined the Marines at the age of 15 by lying about his age, was part of a group of roughly 420 Navajo code ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The language he once was punished for speaking in school became Chester Nez's primary weapon in World War II. Before hundreds of men from the Navajo Nation became Code Talkers, Nez ...

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, a local company gave employees a rare opportunity to hear firsthand from one of ...

During World War II, the challenge was not just getting messages to the front lines. It was doing so quickly and secretly. So the U.S. turned to the Navajo Code Talkers. Researcher Zonnie Gorman, the ...

The Detroit Police Department confirmed to Local 4 that the body found in the cemetery on the city’s west side was that of missing 15-year-old Lawrence Dowl. Read full article: Body of ...

The El Pueblo Motor Inn, or what’s left of it anyway, sits vacant behind a chain-link fence along Route 66, its stucco walls clad in weathered sheets of construction tarp. At first glance, the nearly ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Navajo woman is trying to protect languages and bring families together. She is using her own "busy books" for little ones to make a big difference. "I am a breath coach, Navajo ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The largest Native American tribe in the United States is seeking to dub the classic 1977 movie "Star Wars" movie in Navajo as a way to help preserve its traditional language.