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==={{anchor|Seminole code talkers}}Muscogee (Seminole and Creek)=== The [[Muscogee language]] was used as a type two code (informal) during World War II by enlisted [[Seminole people|Seminole]] and [[Creek people]] in the US Army.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CO013|title=Code Talkers |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |access-date=2019-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127094336/https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CO013|archive-date=January 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Tony Palmer, Leslie Richard, [[Edmond Harjo|Edmund Harjo]], and Thomas MacIntosh from the [[Seminole Nation of Oklahoma]] and [[Muscogee (Creek) Nation]] were recognized under the [[Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309616895|title=An Honor Long Overdue: The 2013 Congressional Gold and Silver Medal Ceremonies in Honor of Native American Code Talkers|language=en|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> The last survivor of these code talkers, Edmond Harjo of the [[Seminole Nation of Oklahoma]], died on March 31, 2014, at the age of 96. His biography was recounted at the [[Congressional Gold Medal]] ceremony honoring Harjo and other code talkers at the US Capitol on November 20, 2013.<ref name="natimes">{{cite news |first=Dana |last=Attocknie |title=Last living Seminole Code Talker walks on, loved ones pay respects, honor hero |url=http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php/life/people/9747-last-living-seminole-code-talker-walks-on-loved-ones-pay-respects-honor-hero |work=[[Native American Times]] |date=April 7, 2014 |access-date=April 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427204844/http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php/life/people/9747-last-living-seminole-code-talker-walks-on-loved-ones-pay-respects-honor-hero |archive-date=April 27, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=tworld>{{cite news |title=Seminole code talker Edmond Harjo dies at 96 |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/seminole-code-talker-edmond-harjo-dies-at/article_6d65c407-10e8-56ae-ab96-aaa1b3b3a29f.html |work=[[Tulsa World]] |date=2014-04-13 |access-date=2014-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311183910/http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/seminole-code-talker-edmond-harjo-dies-at/article_6d65c407-10e8-56ae-ab96-aaa1b3b3a29f.html |archive-date=March 11, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ustreasury>{{cite news |first=Dick |last=Peterson |title=Treasury and Mint Join Congress to Honor Native American Code Talkers |url=http://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Pages/Treasury-and-Mint-Join-Congress-to-Honor-Native-American-Code-Talkers-.aspx |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |date=2013-11-21 |access-date=2014-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427212327/http://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Pages/Treasury-and-Mint-Join-Congress-to-Honor-Native-American-Code-Talkers-.aspx |archive-date=April 27, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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