Native America Calling: Stories from Alaska Native World War II veterans and elders

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Stories from Alaska Native World War II veterans and elders

The stories she heard as a young girl from her own elder relatives inspired Holly Miowak Guise to research and document the experience of Alaska Native veterans of World War II.

Her work is compiled in the book, Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II. Her work encompasses the U.S. Government’s occupation of the Aleutian Islands, the trauma of religious boarding schools, and the historic Alaska Native fight to overcome institutionalized discrimination.

Join Native America Calling to talk with Guise about her work and the people she encountered.

Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II by Holly Miowak Guise (University of Washington Press, 2024)

Guests on Native America Calling

Dr. Holly Miowak Guise (Iñupiaq), assistant professor of History at the University of New Mexico and the author of Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II from University of Washington Press

#Twitterstorians I’m thrilled to announce my #digitalhumanities project https://t.co/x7bp6Jd6BF has launched! This site features stories from #AlaskaNative elders and veterans about the war including: Aleut internment, stories from servicemen, & the Alaska Territorial Guard 1/
— Holly Guise ❄️ (@hollyguise) April 27, 2021