IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Eight Meskwaki tribal members who used their native language to save lives and outwit American enemies in World War II deserve a Congressional Medal, Sen. Charles Grassley says ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Melissa Youngbear was hurt and disappointed when she walked away empty-handed from a ceremony authorized ...

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 ...

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 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS | Members of the Tama-based Meskwaki community Wednesday accepted the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of their ancestors who served as World War II “code talkers.” ...

Just before America entered World War II, 27 Meskwaki speakers from the Sac and Fox tribes joined the 168th Iowa National Guard, which went into active service January 1941, as part of the 34th ...

The U.S. military used the code to communicate enemy troop movements, direct artillery fire and other secret information through walkie-talkies. The codes were never cracked by enemy forces. The ...