WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 21, 2013) -- American Indian code talkers from 566 tribes were honored with Congressional Silver Medals at the Capitol, Nov. 20. Also, leaders from the tribes' 33 ...

As young marines, Peter MacDonald and Thomas Begay transmitted top secret military messages using their native language. It ...

Frank Sanache, the last of the “code talkers” from the Meskwaki Indian tribe, died Saturday in Tama, Iowa. He was 86. Sanache was among the “elite eight,” a group of Meskwakis trained to use their ...

NMAI copy 39088019930726 Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. NMAI copy 39088019930726 signed by author. "Thanks to the 2002 Hollywood film Windtalkers, the Navajo code talkers of World War II emerged ...

The Defense Department and the Army removed references to the Navajo Code Talkers, citing President Donald Trump's new policies on diversity, equity and inclusion. The daughter of one Code Talker ...

Napoleon once said, “the secret of war lies in the communications.” If he were around today, he might have revised it to “secure communications.” During World Wars I and II, the military needed a ...

CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL - An American Indian veteran of World War II who manned radio communications networks will appear at Crazy Horse Memorial's Native American Day program on Monday, Oct. 10.

In his ancestral Hungjpapha Lakota language, Arnold "Bear King" Hawkins Jr. of San Francisco just told us how honored he was to talk about his grandfather. John "Bear King" Hawkins fought in the ...