Tribal flags, along with Congressional Gold Medals, are displayed at the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota on November 11, 2015. Photo from South Dakota National Guard / Facebook
The Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota hosted a ceremony in honor of the 67 known Lakota Code Talkers. The Code Talkers, who represented eight tribes of the Sioux Nation, used their languages to transmit and decipher unbreakable codes during World War I and World War II. Their achievements went long unrecognized until Congress awarded gold medals to their respective tribes and silver medals to the surviving families through the Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008. "They were using their language to help save the country and protect their people and their families, and that was the main reason, love of the country, love of the people, that's why they did it," National Guard Master Sgt. Jim Bad Wound, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, said at the ceremony, KEVN reported. The last of the 67 Lakota Code Talkers died five years ago, KELO reported. Get the Story:
Native American code talkers honored at Crazy Horse (KEVN 11/11)
Sioux Code Talkers Honored At Crazy Horse (KELO 11/11)
Oceti Sakowin Code Talkers Recognized (South Dakota Public Radio 11/12)
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