WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: When the topic of military code talkers comes up, many think of the Navajo code talkers of World War II who operated as Marines in the Pacific Theater. This association was bolstered following the 2002 release of the film "Windtalkers," starring Nicholas Cage. While the Navajo Nation contributed immensely to the war effort, other Native American tribes also had their own code talkers who served in both world wars  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: When the topic of military code talkers comes up, many think of the Navajo code talkers of World War II who operated as Marines in the Pacific Theater. This association was bolstered following the 2002 release of the film "Windtalkers," starring Nicholas Cage. While the Navajo Nation contributed immensely to the war effort, other Native American trib  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The National Organization for Women issued the following news release: For more than a century, efforts have been underway to acknowledge the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the United States. As early as 1916, for example, New York became the first state to declare an "American Indian Day," and several states followed that example, but it wasn't until 1990, when President George H.W. Bush approved a joint resolution o  more