Navajo Code Talkers

Only three Code Talkers are still alive today.

A groundbreaking ceremony is planned August at the site of the future Navajo Code Talker Museum in New Mexico. The 300-acre area will be developed into a museum honoring the 400 Navajo Code Talkers who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and used their native Diné language to stump the Japanese Army.

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has designated National Navajo Code Talkers Day as an official state holiday. It recognizes the hundreds of tribal members who…

Friday is national Navajo Code Talkers Day. Officials are recognizing the more than 400 soldiers who used their language during World War II to create an…

One of last surviving Navajo Code Talkers died in New Mexico Friday morning following health complications. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports, Joe Vandever…

President Donald Trump has proclaimed November as a month to celebrate both Native American heritage and the country's founders.Native American groups say…

A bill introduced in Congress would expand health care options for Native American veterans.New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall and California Rep. Ro Khanna…

The Navajo Nation Council is calling for New Mexico's governor to appoint a Navajo to fill the seat of state Sen. John Pinto, who died last month at the…

One of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers has died. William Tully Brown passed away Monday at the age of 96, leaving only five living Navajo Code…

The funeral service for a Navajo Code Talker will be held this week in Chinle.Fleming Begaye Sr. died May 10. He was 97.Begaye was among hundreds of…