May 30, 2013— -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” will premier this summer, dubbed into Navajo. It’s the first time a major motion picture has been translated into a Native ...

Navajo code talker Samuel Sandoval during a ceremony at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds in Window Rock, Ariz., in 2004. (Brett Butterstein / Associated Press) Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining ...

John Kinsel, Sr., is 105 and one of only three remaining Navajo Code Talkers from World War II. He still lives in the cabin he built in 1950 in Lukachukai, on the Navajo Nation. And now the cabin ...

National Navajo Code Talkers Day is today, Aug. 14. President Ronald Reagan established the holiday in 1982 to honor the contributions of Native Americans in the United States armed forces. The Navajo ...

FLAGSTAFF — Manuelito Wheeler did not join millions of sci-fi fans who packed into movie theaters in May 1977 to see the original “Star Wars.” He was only 7 and living with his family in remote Window ...

In wars past, battles were won by sight—identifying allies and enemies through uniforms, rank, and insignia. World War II used a different strategy. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the ...

FLAGSTAFF - In the new translation of "Star Wars," Darth Vader is Luke's bizhe'e. The classic 1977 film that launched a science fiction empire has been dubbed in Japanese, French, Spanish and about a ...

Navajo Code Talkers Day was established in 1982 through a presidential proclamation by President Ronald Reagan and it's noted each Aug. 14. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation in 2020 to make ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — John Kinsel Sr., ...

Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo code talkers who transmitted messages during World War II using a code based on their native language, has died. Sandoval died late Friday at a ...