In conjunction with the exhibit, Native Words, Native Warriors, in the Mashantucket Gallery this fall, we are featuring books about American Indians in World War II. Learn about Navajo code talkers, Joseph Medicine Crow, and Ira Hayes, one of the Marines photographed raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi in 1945. Please stop by the Children’s Library to take a look at them or call (860) 396-6899 for more information.
Code Talkers: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II by Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki). Dial, 2005
Code Talkers and Warriors: Native Americans and World War II by Tom Holm. Chelsea House, 2007
Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond by Joseph Medicine Crow (Crow). National Geographic, 2006
Quiet Hero: The Ira Hayes Story by S.D. Nelson (Lakota). Lee & Low, 2006
Unsung Heroes of World War II: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers by Deanne Durrett. Facts on File, 1998
Information Resources serves Mashantucket Pequot tribal members and their families, other Native peoples, museum staff, tribal departments, research fellows, and the general public. There is no charge for admission.
