CEDAR RAPIDS | Nearly 70 years after eight Meskwaki men were trained to use their native language to provide secure battlefield communication, members of the Tama-based community accepted the ...

TAMA, Iowa (AP) -- Frank Sanache, the last of the ``code talkers'' from the Meskwaki Indian tribe, died Saturday. He was 86. Sanache was among the ``elite eight,'' a group of Meskwakis trained to use ...

TAMA, Iowa (AP) -- Soft-spoken Frank Sanache relaxes on the back porch of his home at the end of Battleground Drive, remembering how he and seven other young Meskwaki men used their language against ...

TAMA - Eight Meskwaki guardsmen in 1941 learned to use their native tongue for covert military communications. Newspapers printed various photos of the men in training before the United States joined ...

CEDAR RAPIDS | Silver medals honoring eight “code talkers” who were members of the Meskwaki community were shipped to the settlement near Tama rather than presented at a Washington ceremony for ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved Congressional Gold Commemorative Medals for all Native American code talkers, including those of Iowa's Meskwaki. The Meskwakis, whose ...

MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT | Melissa Youngbear was hurt and disappointed when she walked away empty-handed from a ceremony authorized by Congress to honor her father and seven other Meskwaki men trained to ...

In a week that reflected on the courageous, the survivors and the lives America lost Sept. 11, 2001, Frank Sanache served as a shining reminder that our nation owes its freedom to the heroes of its ...

The United States' Navajo code secured victories at major turning point battles and remained unbroken by the end of World War II. But it wasn't a series of random, encrypted characters — it was a ...

DES MOINES (AP) - Eight Meskwakis may soon receive congressional gold medals for helping the United States track enemy forces during World War II. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a measure that ...