May 30, 2019
Louis Levi Oakes, the last Mohawk code talker — using the language to encode messages for Allied forces during the Second World War — has died at age 94.
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Louis Levi Oakes, the last Mohawk code talker — using the language to encode messages for Allied forces during the Second World War — has died at age 94.
96-year-old Louis Levi Oakes used Mohawk language to encode messages for Allied forces
Louis Levi Oakes is the last of his kind.
The 96-year-old veteran from Akwesasne is the last surviving Mohawk code talker, according to the U.S. Congress.
During the Second World War, Kanien'kéha (Mohawk language) was one of 33 Indigenous languages used to send encoded messages between Allied forces so that enemies could not understand.
Oakes' contributions to Allied forces efforts during the Second World War were recognized by the Assembly of First Nations and the House of Commons Tuesday.
Oakes was given a star blanket and beaded medallion by AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde at an AFN special chiefs assembly in Ottawa.
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