A few weeks ago one of my neighbors mentioned that she is Aleut and told me a little about their evacuation during WWII from the Aleutian Islands. I only had the barest knowledge about what happened, so I found this book about it. There are a couple of other book I'll try to find, but this looks like the most extensive book about the evacuation.Unfortunately, this book is really dry. It's very detailed and well-documented, but I just had to slog through it. I learned a lot, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it unless you're very interested in the topic. Hopefully I'll find something a little more engaging.
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The video Aleut Story is quite good. We watched it in an Alaska Native Studies class I audited at UAA a couple years ago.
That's the one my friend recommended. Her grandparents were interviewed in it. I hope I can find it at a library somewhere.
Let us know when you find a good one.
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