I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4597 
To authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of Congress to Native 
Americans who served as Code Talkers during foreign conflicts in which 
the United States was involved during the 20th Century in recognition 
of their service to the Nation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2005 
Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BOSWELL, 
Mr. 
CASE, 
Mrs. 
CUBIN, 
Mr. 
ENGLISH
of 
Pennsylvania, 
Mr. 
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
HALL, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HAYWORTH, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. 
INSLEE, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEN-
NEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Mr. LEWIS of California, 
Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. MANZULLO, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. NEY, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RENZI, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WEXLER, and Mr. WOLF) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the presentation of gold medals on behalf of 
Congress to Native Americans who served as Code Talk-
ers during foreign conflicts in which the United States 
was involved during the 20th Century in recognition of 
their service to the Nation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Code Talkers Recogni-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPRESSION OF RECOGNITION. 
The purpose of the medals authorized by this Act are 
to express recognition by the United States and its citizens 
and to honor the Native American Code Talkers who dis-
tinguished themselves in performing highly successful 
communications operations of a unique type that greatly 
assisted in saving countless lives and in hastening the end 
of World War I and World War II. 
TITLE I—SIOUX CODE TALKERS 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Sioux Indians used their native languages, 
Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota Sioux, as code during 
World War II. 
(2) These people, who manned radio commu-
nications networks to advise of enemy actions, be-
came known as the Sioux Code Talkers. 
(3) Under some of the heaviest combat action, 
the Code Talkers worked around the clock to provide 
information which saved the lives of many Ameri-
cans in the Pacific and Europe, such as the location 
of enemy troops and the number of enemy guns.
(4) The Sioux Code Talkers were so successful 
that military commanders credit the code with sav-
ing the lives of countless American soldiers and 
being instrumental to the success of the United 
States in many battles during World War II. 
SEC. 102. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall make appro-
priate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the 
Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design, to each 
Sioux Code Talker, including the following: 
(1) Eddie Eagle Boy. 
(2) Simon Brokenleg. 
(3) Iver Crow Eagle, Sr. 
(4) Edmund St. John. 
(5) Walter C. John. 
(6) John Bear King. 
(7) Phillip ‘‘Stoney’’ LaBlanc. 
(8) Baptiste Pumpkinseed. 
(9) Guy Rondell. 
(10) Charles Whitepipe. 
(11) Clarence Wolfguts.