{"id":39791,"date":"2024-08-14T11:19:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=39791"},"modified":"2024-10-20T23:47:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T03:47:19","slug":"navajo-nation-honors-code-talkers-on-special-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/08\/14\/navajo-nation-honors-code-talkers-on-special-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Navajo Nation honors Code Talkers on special day"},"content":{"rendered":" \"John<\/a>
John Kinsel, Sr., seated, receives keys to the renovated home he built in Lukachukai, on the Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation, on July 31, 2024. Photo courtesy Navajo Nation Office of President and Vice President<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Navajo Nation honors Code Talkers on special day<\/div>\r\n
Wednesday, August 14, 2024<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Navajo Nation<\/a> is celebrating the sacrifices and contributions of tribal citizens who served as Code Talkers during World War II.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nDuring the worldwide conflict, Navajo citizens who enlisted in the Marine Corps used the Navajo language to develop an unbreakable code. Their efforts helped the United States and its allies win the war.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cThe use of Din\u00e9 bizaad<\/em>, our sacred language, to safeguard our freedom serves as a profound example for us all,” Speaker Crystalyne Curley of the Navajo Nation Council<\/a>, the tribe’s legislative body, said in a news release<\/a> on Wednesday. “On the front lines of the most historic battles, the young Din\u00e9 Marines used our language to protect soldiers and our homeland.”\r\n

<\/P>\r\n“Our language is powerful and sacred. It\u2019s important that we teach our language to our younger generations to sustain our identity and strengthen our people,\u201d Speaker Curley added.\r\n

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On the front lines of two World Wars, Native Americans from more than 30 Native Nations used their unique Indigenous languages to encrypt tactical communicat…<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

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Navajo Code Talkers: A History of Code Making and Breaking in World War II<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe service of the Navajo Code Talkers, as well as those from other tribal nations who used their languages to transmit secret messages during times of conflict, was long unknown to the general public. That began to change when then-president Ronald Reagan declared the first Navajo Code Talker Day<\/a> on August 14, 1982.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nBut of the 29 Navajo citizens<\/a> who served as the original Code Talkers, all have passed on. Chester Nez<\/a>, the last survivor of the first group, was laid to rest in June 2014.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAnd of the hundreds of Navajo citizens who followed in the footsteps of the original Code Talkers, only a handful are still alive.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n \u201cToday, we are fortunate to still have three Navajo Code Talkers with us, Thomas H. Begay, John Kinsel, Sr., and former Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald, Sr.,” said Curley. “We also offer our prayers to the families of the Code Talkers who have passed on over the years.\u201d\r\n

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Same logs, new home for Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr. \r\n\r\nWINDOW ROCK, Ariz. \u2014 John Kinsel Sr.\u2019s home renovation is…<\/p>Posted by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren<\/a> on Friday, August 2, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div>\r\n

<\/P>\r\n At 107 years old, Kinsel is the oldest Navajo Code Talker. Just two weeks ago, he was able to move back into the home that he built in 1950, thanks to renovations provided by the tribe.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cMr. Kinsel fought for all of us,\u201d President Buu Nygren<\/a> said by video as the keys were turned over to Kinsel on July 31<\/a>. \u201cHe used our language to protect us and keep us alive to this day. He deserves these upgrades to his home. The renovations needed to happen a long time ago.\u201d\r\n

<\/p>\r\nIn July 2001, the U.S. government awarded Congressional Gold Medals<\/a> to the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers. Silver Medals<\/a> were awarded to those who followed the first group in service.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Navajo Nation is hosting a celebration for Navajo Code Talkers Day in Window Rock, Arizona, the tribal capital. Livestreams are being provided on social media by President Nygren<\/a> and the Navajo Nation Council<\/a>.\r\n

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Join us to celebrate Navajo Code Talker Day!<\/p>Posted by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren<\/a> on Wednesday, August 14, 2024<\/blockquote><\/div>\r\n

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<\/p>Posted by 25th Navajo Nation Council<\/a> on Wednesday, August 14, 2024<\/blockquote><\/div>\r\n

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Roy O. Hawthorne talks about his role as a Code Talker during World War II in this wide-ranging interview for the Veterans History Project of The Library of …<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

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Peter MacDonald, a former chairman of the Navajo Nation, and president of the Navajo Code Talkers Association, offers remarks at the Native Nations Inaugural…<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

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Every year, our Young Marines travel across the country to Window Rock, Arizona, to honor the incredible legacy of the…<\/p>Posted by Young Marines<\/a> on Wednesday, August 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Navajo Nation is celebrating the sacrifices and contributions of tribal citizens who served as Code Talkers during World War II.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[3240,647,3857,128,696,3126,175,24,569],"class_list":["post-39791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-buu-nygren","tag-code-talkers","tag-crystalyne-curley","tag-elders","tag-housing","tag-john-kinsel","tag-languages","tag-navajo","tag-wars","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-alN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/14\/johnkinsel.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39791"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42165,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39791\/revisions\/42165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}