New Monument Honors Navajos Who Saved Lives, Turned the Tide in the Pacific

ICTMN Staff
April 04, 2013
On March 21, the Navajo Code Talkers won another round when the New Mexico State Organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution paid homage to their legacy by unveiling t...

The American Indian Warrior Way in Words: Code Talker Chester Nez's New Memoir, Plus: 'Warriors in Uniform' and 'America's First Warriors'

ICTMN Staff
March 18, 2013
One way to honor the service and sacrifice of our American Indian Warriors is to carry forth their stories...

Last Surviving Original Code Talker, Chester Nez, Speaks During Northland College's Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month

ICTMN Staff
March 04, 2013
Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin is underway, and it was kicked off in a grand way with a talk by a living hero...

Navajo Code Talker Honored With Degree and Key to the City

ICTMN Staff
November 15, 2012
Campus-wide activities at the University of Kansas (KU) for Veterans Day included a touching ceremony November 12 honoring Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original 29...

Navajo Code Talker, Chester Nez, to Get College Degree After 60 Years

ICTMN Staff
November 11, 2012
In the spring of 1952, Chester Nez had to abandon his studies at the University of Kansas because his GI Bill funding ran out...

D-Day: Reflecting on Native Participation 68 Years Later

ICTMN Staff
June 06, 2012
The ships flooded the shorelines along a 50-mile stretch; the planes peppered the skies and General Dwight D...

A Day of Honor For Last Remaining Navajo Code Talker

ICTMN Staff
January 24, 2012
On Monday, January 23, the last remaining Navajo Code Talker, Chester Nez celebrated his 91 birthday and in his honor, Albuquerque, New Mexico Mayor Richard Berry declared the day ...

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

Patti Jo King
November 02, 2011
No doubt about it: Chester Nez is a true American hero...

At 90, Chester Nez Keeps Alive the Story of Navajo Code Talkers

Richard Walker
August 08, 2011
Click here for our feature story on the history of American Indian code talkers in the military. Click here for our obituary on Navajo code talker and hero, Joe Morris Sr...

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