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‘An overstep’: Navajo Code Talker descendants criticize New Mexico’s new plan for museum
‘An overstep’: Navajo Code Talker descendants criticize New Mexico’s new plan for museum
‘An overstep’: Navajo Code Talker descendants criticize New Mexico’s new plan for museum

Published on: 08/20/2026

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Zonnie Gorman sorts through newspaper clippings and other material she's collected about the Navajo Code Talkers in the Zimmerman Library at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., July 29, 2026. (Bella Davis/New Mexico In Depth via AP)

For decades, Navajo Code Talkers and their descendants have dreamed of an expansive museum on the Navajo Nation that would educate the public about the complex code they developed using their language, credited with helping secure Allied victory in World War II. Some have also hoped for a connected veteran’s center and space to do research and store archival material.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/native-american-news/2026/08/an-overstep-navajo-code-talker-descendants-criticize-new-mexicos-new-plan-for-museum.html

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