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 ...
Lisa Gale Garrigues
December 16, 2011
Mystery and Mayhem in Small-Town Oklahoma When Sadie Walela decides to pursue her lifelong dream of owning a cafe, she doesn't realize that she's about to jump headlong into a sizz...
Wilhelm Murg
December 12, 2011
Michael V. Smith was raised in the rich tradition of Navajo military history. His father, Samuel J. Smith Sr., served as a Code Talker in the Pacific theatre during World War II...
He left the Navajo Reservation in 1943 as part of the World War II draft, but Thomas Lynch returned home 19-months later a veteran riflemen, German Prisoner of War and nights fille...
ICTMN Staff
November 11, 2011
Last year marked the 125th anniversary of the 1885 resistance of the Métis, in which the aboriginal group composed of descendants of the unions of early fur traders with Inuit and ...
Canada’s indigenous persons have two opportunities to officially commemorate their heroes each year: First on November 8, Aboriginal Veterans Day, and then again on November 11, wh...
No doubt about it: Chester Nez is a true American hero...
Jack McNeel
November 07, 2011
The name is widely recognized. There are books, movies and even songs, including Johnny Cash’s hit, “The Ballad of Ira Hayes.” His image, as one of six U.S...
The stirring photograph of the U.S. flag being raised at Iwo Jima by U.S. Marines is one of the most reproduced images of all time...
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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