August 14: A Day to Honor the Navajo Code Talkers

Anne Minard
August 14, 2012
The Navajo Nation has planned a day of celebration and remembrance to honor Navajo soldiers who created a code the Japanese couldn’t crack in World War II, thereby helping the Unit...

Cherokee Nation Honors Three World War II Veterans

ICTMN Staff
July 07, 2012
At its June meeting the Cherokee Nation bestowed the Cherokee Medal of Patriotism on three World War II veterans...

Navajo Code Talker Frank Chee Willeto Walks On

ICTMN Staff
June 26, 2012
Another member of American Indian and United States history is gone...
Robert Warrior

Memorializing the Indian Removal Act of 1830

Memorial Day in the Osage is a big deal, and deservedly so....

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May 28, 2012

A Brief History of American Indian Military Service

Konnie LeMay
May 28, 2012
Ask about Americans Indians serving in the U.S. military service and World War II generally comes to mind with the Navajo code talkers or perhaps Marine Cpl...

Veterans Bring History to Life at Noli Indian School

ICTMN Staff
May 28, 2012
To bring a little perspective to his students ’ lives, Scott Casto organized Living History Day at Noli Indian School, in San Jacinto, California on Friday, May 18 so they could le...

Code Talker Leaves Legacy of Education, Service

Kelly Koepke
May 20, 2012
Educator, father, grandfather and respected elder, Samuel Tso, passed away May 9 in Farmington, New Mexico at age 89...

A Portrait of Service, Sacrifice and Family Values

Brenda Austin
May 13, 2012
It has the makings of a compelling World War II mini-series with a theme that will be familiar throughout Indian country—heartbreaking sacrifices and cultural loss in an attempt to...

Samuel Tso, Navajo Code Talker Walks On

ICTMN Staff
May 10, 2012
Samuel Tso, 89, a United States Military Veteran and Navajo Code Talker passed away the evening of May 9 at the San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico, surround...
Lise Balk King

What UNDRIP Can Mean for the Future

An oft-heard criticism of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is that it’s an “aspirational” document, one with no teeth, enforceability or bearing in la...

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April 24, 2012

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