Latest "navajo nation" stories

Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval dies

Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers with the U.S. Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today.

6 months ago

Marine veteran, former interim Navajo president and New Mexico lawmaker dies

Thomas Atcitty died Sunday of natural causes, the tribe said.

2 years ago

Navajo Code Talkers honored in virtual ceremony

Code Talkers Day is celebrated annually on Aug. 14, the date of the Japanese surrender marking the end of the war.

2 years ago

The Washington Code Talkers: Navajo president proposes new name for DC football team

President of the Navajo Nation Jonathan Nez has a suggestion for the new team name of D.C.'s football team.

By Philip Athey

3 years ago

Navajo Nation eyes renaming US highway after late senator, a World War II Code Talker

Some Navajo Nation officials want New Mexico to rename a U.S. highway after one of the longest-serving Native American lawmakers in U.S. history.

3 years ago

Navajo Code Talker George B. Willie Sr. dies in Arizona

A Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II has died in Arizona.

5 years ago

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