Edward A. Kennard
The hawk was the great enemy of the Mishongnovi people. Each day he killed more chickens. Everyone agreed that someone must fight the hawk, but who? The tiny field mouse who lived at the edge of the village wanted to help. Did he have the courage and cleverness to challenge the hawk?,Field Mouse Goes to War, was originally published in 1944 by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. The drawings are by Hopi artist ,Fred Kabotie, who was born at the turn of the century in the village of Shungopavy on the Second Mesa. During his long career as an artist Kabotie illustrated numerous books and won many awards for his paintings. He was commissioned by the Museum of the American Indian in New York to record authentic native Indian dances and by the Fred Harvey Company to decorate the Indian Tower on the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
Field Mouse Goes to War/Tusan Homichi Tuwvota : A Bilingual Hopi Tale