The long-overlooked experiences of Alaska Natives during the Aleutian campaign of World War II are presented during a lecture and book signing with Holly Miowak Guise, based on her book, Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II. Guise draws on a wealth of oral histories and interviews with Indigenous elders to explore the multidimensional relationship between Alaska Natives and the US military during the Pacific War.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Event is FREE for Museum Members and included with Museum admission.
About the Author
Holly Miowak Guise is an Iñupiaq Alaska Native historian born in Anchorage, Alaska. Her research methods bridge together archives, tribal archives, community-based research, and oral histories with Alaska Native elders and veterans. Her digital humanities website features oral history content from Native elders, veterans and Unangax̂ internment survivors. Since 2022, she has served as an editorial board member for the Alaska History Journal. She received her PhD in History from Yale University in 2018.
