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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2002

Windtalkers, the MGM movie about the Marines assigned to protect the Navajo Code Talkers, opens in theaters today.

But for the first time in Hollywood history, Windtalkers premiered on a reservation. The Navajo Nation played host to the movie, as well as stars Adam Beach and Roger Willie, on Wednesday night.

Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater, who play Marines, were booked elsewhere.

Get the Story:
'Windtalkers' Premiere Stirs Pride (The Albuquerque Journal 6/14)
Windtalkers promotes respect for Navajo (Indian Country Today 6/14)
Adam Beach: Code Red-Hot (Entertainment Weekly 6/14)
Why John Woo made the anti-war 'Windtalkers' (Entertainment Weekly 6/14)
Code Talkers' Story Is Made For Big Screen (The Salt Lake Tribune 6/14)
Movie triggers memories for N.M. code talker (The Santa Fe New Mexican 6/14)
Native-Tongued Warriors (The New York Times 6/14)
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Woo turns from action fare in new films (AP 6/14)

Relevant Links:
Sen. Jeff Bingaman's Code Talkers' Site - http://bingaman.senate.gov/code_talkers
Harrison Lapahie Jr's Code Talkers' Site - http://www.lapahie.com/NavajoCodeTalker.html
Windtalkers - http://www.mgm.com/windtalkers
Navajo Code Talkers, Yahoo! - http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Communications/
Cryptology/Codes_and_Ciphers/Code_Talkers/Navajo

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