Code Quote by Chester Nez

We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not only to…

— Rick Renzi

“The United States Navy, during the war, used Navajos as "code-talkers" who relayed messages from ship to ship, talking in Navajo (a language not…

— Michael Lesk

I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of…

— Tony Hillerman

“One of the many facets of Navajo culture that appeals to me is the lack of value attached to vengeance. This ‘eye for an…

— Anne Hillerman

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history

— Rick Renzi

The Navajo Code Talkers were Marines and heroes who helped secure victory in WWII. We owe them a debt that can never be repaid.…

— Ruben Gallego

I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading…

— Tony Hillerman

“Learning a language promoted the first tender shoots of intercultural understanding. People became familiar with previously alien concepts and, as a consequence, more open…

— Fay Abernethy

“For millennia, Native Americans have had a relationship with the land that encompasses respect and appreciation for all it provides.”

— Deborah Kesten

The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character.

— Alexander Hamilton

Increasingly, over the past ten years, I've come to take the view that a cultural perspective is intrinsic to the future of language teaching…

— David Crystal

“That Native American cultures are imperiled is important and not just to Indians. It is important to everyone, or should be. When we lose…

— David Treuer