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Videll Yackeschi is one of fewer than 100 Comanche Indian translators remaining, possibly the only full-blooded Comanche preacher in the country, and on Thursday, accepted an award honoring his late brother, Willis, who was a Code Talker in World War II. Below, photo by Jayne Boykin, is of the Pendleton blanket presented to Yackeschi.