Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Navajo is now the official language of the Navajo Nation, placing an obligation on the tribal government to preserve and ...

Navajo code talkers used their language to devise a code that helped America win WWII. Many Native American children were punished for speaking their native tongues. The code talkers' legacy is an ...

The group of Navajo speakers gathered in Flagstaff, Arizona, were deep into translating the pages stacked in front of them when they began deliberating over how to best describe fentanyl. It wouldn't ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Navajos voted Tuesday to loosen language requirements for their top leaders, eliminating the need for them to be fluent in Navajo and giving voters more discretion in who can ...

This article was originally published in Education Week. Ask Marilyn Begay why the Navajo-immersion school where she is a 5th grade teacher has fared well in meeting student-achievement goals under ...

The complete translation of the Navajo Book of Mormon, Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí,will provide opportunities for Navajo members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to connect to their ...

A Reform rabbi, a Navajo medicine man and a professor walk into a museum. It sounds like the opening of a joke, but on a recent May Shabbat at Window Rock, Ariz., capital of the Navajo Nation, it’s ...

Jen Fifield for Votebeat How Arizona tackles a language barrier to provide Navajo voters a ballot they can listen to Election officials from northern Arizona counties translating the November ballot ...

Navajo Vote is Pivotal in Arizona Navajo-speaking voters are a closely watched group. High turnout from the Navajo Nation—which sweeps across the entire northeast portion of Arizona before stretching ...