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‘An overstep’: Navajo Code Talker descendants criticize New Mexico’s new plan for museum
Critics say the state-led plan shrinks the museum and shifts control away from Navajo Nation stakeholders.
- Descendants of the Navajo Code Talkers criticized New Mexico's governor for overstepping with the new museum plan without consulting their families.
- Some descendants feel the museum plan fails to honor the Code Talkers properly and question the lack of their involvement.
- Concerns were raised about social injustice in Farmington, where the museum is planned, affecting Navajo and Indigenous people.
- State officials were called on to show transparency about funding and decision-making, with questions about the museum's ownership and sovereignty between the state and Navajo Nation.
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‘An overstep’: Navajo Code Talker descendants criticize New Mexico’s new plan for museum
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.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right0Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Left
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