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>> well, it sort of brought me back to when he was campaigning for president. i remember he did an event in north dakota which has a large native american population and someone screamed out thats really offensive and he sort of, you know, moved on and put his hand and he said oh, sorry im offending you. look, this is trump being trump, but to say it in a room with native americans surrounding him, ill be surprised and i would be curious to hear what their reaction is if any of them in the room ...

From our country. we are the first -- we are not americans, first of all. we are ocheti shokui and we have a citizenship and very soon in the future we are going to have to decide which we are loyal to, which citizenship. we have been good americans. we have code talkers, what standing rock represents is symbolic of what is happening across indian country, but also america and the world. so its a new threshold about humanity and thats the beauty of it, because we all came together and the milita...

Syntax was almost impossible to learn, making it impossible for the enin i to crack. code talkers were forbidden to speak of their work until declassified in 1968. look at this. 2001, the 28 other original code talkers presented with the congressional gold medal by presidential bush. as a child he was punished at his boarding school by teachers saying he should not speak his native language. navajo code talker chester nez, 93. >> end of an era, some 70 years. tomorrow, d-day anniversary. a wan...

>> well remind you to stay with cnn for live coverage marking that fateful day. for our international audiences, special coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. for those of you in london thats on friday. cnns christiana amanpour and max foster will be live for this historic event. world war ii veterans have lost another brother in arms. >> a very special man. the last of the original code talkers has died. justin nans was among 29 people who used the navajo people to send information. >> it was difficul...

>> whats the situation on the ground? are people locked at home, waiting for this guy to be apprehended order waiting to hear more from police? >> pretty much. being asked to stay off social media, anything to give him a hint of what police are up to. they have an area cordoned off and something sort of secure, but theyre asking people not to go outdoors, not go on social media and give him any hints of what theyre up to. >> thank you for joining us and bringing us the latest news. peter ed towa...

>> thank you. we have a very fitting guest on this memorial day. a man whose bravery helped inspire "black hawk down." hell tell you about a campaign to honor all the men and women who sacrificed so much for this great nation. the project is called #le did the flagicarried. a way for veterans to tell the story of the american flags that soldiers traditionally carried into battle. each one of those flags has its own story of bravery and sacrifice. ill talk with a retired first sergeant about the ...

Washington pro football team tried and thankfully scrapped in 1995. the history and the fact that the name of the washington football team offends people is not in dispute. but washington team owner dan snyders doubling down in a long letter to fan, cherry-picking a couple of native american supporters, hanging on to heritage and promising charity for native american communities in the teams offensive name is about as convincing as putting code talkers on the 50 yard line, draped in the name, wh...

Ceremony this morning. the congressional gold medical is being given to the representatives of native-american tribes who is language served as the unbreakable military code during both world war. you have no doubt heard of the code talkers. many people are watching the body language between bill clinton and barack obama. since bill clinton recently went off script a little and said that president obama should offer the promise that he made, if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. preside...

Each will spend ten years in prison. >>. >> the code talkers, their story is one of the great chapters of world war ii. the last of those heroes has passed away.

First checks will go out in november. south dakota, the last of the world war iis code talkers laid to rest. clarence wolf guts was one of the last native americans who made a contribution to the war effort that only they could make, transmitting secret army messages in the native languages. the germans and the japanese couldnt break the code. people from across the country came to the black hills national cemetery to pay their final respects. >> he served his country, and its an honor for us ...