APS high school seniors make history by earning State Bilingualism-Literacy Seal
Two Albuquerque Public Schools made history and are now getting special recognition for their proficiency in the Navajo ...
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After council vote, Navajo is now the official language of the Navajo Nation
Navajo is now the official language of the Navajo Nation, placing an obligation on the tribal government to preserve and strengthen the language. Legislation was approved by the Navajo Nation ...
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'Make Navajo cool again': Diné Bizaad made Navajo Nation's official language
President Buu Nygren signed legislation on Christmas Eve officially recognizing Diné Bizaad, the Navajo language, as the nation’s official language. “One of my priorities coming in as ...
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The Treaty that Reversed a Removal—the Navajo Treaty of 1868—Goes on View
Navajo Council Delegate Steven Begay then introduced himself in the Navajo language, sang a traditional song “to acknowledge all the lives lost” in the shared history of the Navajo Nation and ...
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78 years ago, the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marine Corps
Gen. Clayton B. Vogel that the Navajo language — due to it being largely unwritten — would be indecipherable to the Axis powers. Additionally, Johnston argued that the Navajo nation was large ...
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Watch a WWII Code Talker sing the Marine Corps hymn in Navajo
President Ronald Reagan designated August 14 National Navajo Code Talkers Day in honor of the American Indians who joined the Marine Corps in World War II and lent their language to the crypto ...
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WW2: What's the secret language that helped win the war?
The US Marines thought they had the answer in a Native American language. They turned to the Navajo tribe for recruits. Their mission was to devise a code rooted in the Navajo language that would ...