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 ...

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 President ...

"I don’t speak Navajo to my girls as much as I’d like,” Rutledge laments. “It’s a hard language to learn—you need to be surrounded by it, but the Army keeps us away, so we don’t get ...

One of Utah’s indigenous languages — Navajo — has faced a precipitous decline in recent decades. In 1980, 93% of Navajos spoke their native language. Thirty years later, that number had ...

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 ...

Lands and Language The Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the U.S., with approximately 225,000 members and a land mass of 25,000 square miles (16.2 million acres).

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 ...

(Navajo), his native language, ensuring cultural representation and inclusivity in the messaging. “This project will ensure a stronger connection is created between the Albuquerque District and ...

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 ...

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 President has ...

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 ...