"Smithsonian Native Words, Native Warriors/Muscogee Veterans Exhibit"

In honor of Native American Heritage Month and Veterans Day, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Museum and Cultural Center is hosting a special exhibit featuring Native American servicemen and servicewomen which is scheduled to open on Veterans Day in the Veterans Affairs Services Building at the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Complex in Okmulgee. The exhibit is titled Native Words, Native Warriors and was produced by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). The exhibition was made possible in part thanks to the generous support of Elizabeth Hunter Solomon, the Smithsonian Women's Committee, and the AMB Foundation.

Native Words, Native Warriors tells the remarkable stories of Native American soldiers who used their Native languages to aid the U.S. Military during World Wars I and II. The exhibit will also include extensive displays of Muscogee Veteran mementoes, awards, uniforms, and documents. Additional recognition of Muscogee Veterans will appear on newly designed panels of historic photos and stories which complement those coming from NMAI.

There is no admission charge for the exhibit which will run November 11th through July 6th, 2012 in the Veterans Affairs Building at the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Complex located on Highway 75 and Loop 56 in Okmulgee. Student groups are welcome.

For more information, call Muscogee Tourism & Recreation at 918-732-7992. For online information about the Smithsonian Native Words, Native Warriors exhibit, please visit: http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/html/index.html Or http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/