During #WWII, Navajo code talkers used their unique, unbreakable language to protect American military communications -- a talent that was especially helpful during the Battle of #IwoJima and throughout the Pacific. On National Navajo Code Talker Day, we honor members of the Navajo Nation and all Native Americans whose vital roles in the war saved countless lives. #HonorThem #KnowYourMil | U.S. Department of War

Today is National Navajo Code Talkers Day. Four surviving code talkers were honored in the Navajo Nation's capital. | U.S. Marine Corps

Navajo Historian, Wally Brown, teaches about the origins of the language of the Diné. The language was given to the “five-fingered being” to allow them to communicate with all creation. The “five-fingered being” began to misuse the language, and the Holy People decided to take the language back. After much begging the Holy People agreed to let the Diné keep the language under the condition that it never be a written language. Else the Five-fingered Being would pervert and misuse the sacred langu

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