Carl Nelson Gorman (1907–1998), also known as Kin-Ya-Onny-Beyeh, was a Navajo code talker, visual artist, painter, illustrator, and professor.

During World War II, Gorman served as a code talker with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific.

[5] When he was a child, his mother Alice, who was a traditional weaver, supported his earliest artistic pursuits.

[4] The Navajo code was formally developed and modeled on the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet that uses agreed-upon English words to represent letters or other meanings.

[7] In 1969, the Native American Studies Department at UC Davis was formed under the name Tehcumseh Center, Gorman was one of the first faculty working alongside Jack D. Forbes, and David Risling, Jr.[10] Sarah V. Hutchison [Wikidata] joined the faculty in 1970,[10] and George Longfish joined in 1973.

[6] His daughter Zonnie Gorman is a noted historian of Navajo Code Talkers.

[13][14] His son Alfred Kee Gorman (1957–1966) also was an artist, but he died at an early age.

[7][6] In 1995, Northern Arizona University unveiled a code talker monument, a bust of Gorman sculpted by his son, R.C.