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Every morning, students in the sprawling San Juan School District in Utah place their right hands over their hearts and recite a pledge. Despite two centuries of reasons not to honor the American flag ...

Samuel Tom Holiday, a Washington City resident and one of the fewer than 20 surviving Navajo Code Talkers who fought in World War II, turns 93 next year. Showing the signs of old age, he’s hard of ...

Ask Marilyn Begay why the Navajo-immersion school where she is a 5th grade teacher has fared well in meeting student-achievement goals under the No Child Left Behind Act, and she’ll say it’s because ...

Navajo Code Talkers were honored Saturday, November 24, 2002, in a ceremony that many felt was long overdue. At the ceremony more than 300 Congressional Silver Medals were presented to the surviving ...

When Chester Nez passed away June 4 at the age of 93, it marked the end of an era. Nez was the last living member of the first group of Navajo code talkers, a group of Native Americans recruited into ...

In the 2025 film “Finding Hózhó” by Travis Holt Hamilton, a 70-year old Navajo veteran faces internal struggles introduced by his terminally ill and abusive father. From screenplay to screen, this ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Swinging hammers and twisting screwdrivers taught Air Force Academy cadets high-level engineering lessons this month as they built two homes for a Navajo ...

Clayton Long is reviving the Navajo language -- in part by translating the Pledge of Allegiance for kids in his Utah school district, a portion of which is a Navajo reservation. Justin Merriman Every ...