Sterling Martin found that when he returned home to Shiprock while studying biochemistry at the University of Iowa, he had difficulty communicating his work to his family in their native tongue.

Albuquerque – Linguist Robert Young, whose work with a Navajo linguist resulted in dictionaries of the native language, died Feb. 20. He was 94. He became an adjunct linguistics professor at the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Robert W. Young, 94, a linguist whose collaboration with a Navajo tribesman resulted in dictionaries of the native language, died Feb. 20 in Albuquerque. The cause of death was not reported. Young is ...

I’ve always wanted to learn a Native American language, but it’s been extremely difficult to find anyone with whom I could learn as most indigenous American languages are considered critically ...

Contains: (1) Letter of transmittal from Thomas to Gibbs forwarding his Yuma vocabulary and Whipple's Navajo vocabulary, dated March 5, 1868, Louisville, Kentucky. (2) Yuma vocabulary obtained by ...

In the blistering heat of Arizona, edtech consultant and former educator Jerome Tsosie loads up his technology tools into a giant van, preparing for the four-and-a-half hour drive to rural To'Hajiilee ...

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. (Nov. 20, 2012) - In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence History Office hosted a presentation on the Native American Code ...

Only two of the Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. The Route 66 motel where some of these World War II heroes were ...

During World War II, Navajo members of the Marine Corps used a code based on their native language to allow platoons to communicate without Japanese intelligence agents being able to decipher what ...