Tagging @uwapress.uw.edu here to share this very thoughtful book review of #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II

Hi all! Nice time to support Native writers during Native American Heritage Month with 40% off my book #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II when you order through UW Press website and use the code WINTER25

Quyaana!
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Flyer for a book talk oral history methods and making Alaska Native Resilience Voices from World War II Wednesday Nov 19 at 1:30 Sakamaki A201 University of Hawaii Manoa. Includes a photo of the author, a millennial Alaska Native woman smiling wearing a white sleeveless button up, and the cover of the book Alaska Native Resilience which has a vintage 1940s photo of the Alaska Territorial Guard marching

Who is Alaskan and visiting Oahu? Me!

Hello- I have a book talk for #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II at the Univesity of Hawaii Manoa Nov 19 1:30pm arranged by fantastic scholar Noah Dolim! Please come- let’s see some Alaska representation there too if you’re on Oahu 🗃️

Five Recommended Reads for Native American Heritage Month Every November, we mark Native American Heritage Month as a time to uplift the traditions, languages, and stories of Native American and Alaska Native communities, ensuring their contributions and …

Also- Quyaana Josh Reid (Snohomish) historian for the shoutout of #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II in this blog post for Native American Heritage Month!

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I see familiar faces here!

Also- #AlaskaNativeResilience is 40% off using the code and link through @uwapress.uw.edu here through Oct 31!

Vintage photo from the 1940s showing five generations of Inupiat women from Unalakleet in my family. Each is wearing a parka with different ornamentation

I have a version of this photo in my book #AlaskaNativeResilience-
My Grandma Betty is the young mother (far right) holding my Aunt Rose or Uncle Arlie in the late 1940s. She’s standing next to her mother Martha, her grandmother Miowak (my namesake), & her great grandmother Kakarak. 5 generations

Author Holly Miowak Guise, an Inupiaq Alaska Native woman, light brown hair, smiling, wearing a blue flower embroidered dress and ivory necklace and bracelets holding three awards from the WHA conference. Background conference at the ABQ convention center

Accepted 3(!!) book awards for #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II published by @uwapress.uw.edu at the Western History Association conference in Albuquerque!! Quyaana for reading, enjoying, learning from, and supporting this book with voices from Alaska Native elders

Screen photo at AFN in Anchorage with coverage by Native America Calling, includes a photo of the author, Holly Guise with elder and WWII Inupiaq veteran Holger Jorgy Jorgensen.

Wish I was at Alaska Federation of Natives this week too! My friend Jayme sent me this familiar face screenshot (that’s me!)

I was planning to bring my kids to AFN & I rerouted my flight to ABQ for the Western History Association conference to accept the book awards for #AlaskaNativeResilience

That’s my book! On a plane purchased at the anchorage airport! Quyaana! #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II

Screenshot from the Western history association Instagram page showing book awards including the author Holly Miowak Guise, a Native woman with brown hair and an Inuit ivory necklace, with the caption Robert C Athearn Award for Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II

Can’t believe I’m sharing this- my book #AlaskaNativeResilience: Voices from World War II by @uwapress.uw.edu has received the Athearn Book Prize given annually for a published book on the twentieth-century American West! Quyaana!

#Alaska wartime history #AlaskaNatives
#Alaskasky #historiansky
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Screenshot of the Western History Association Instagram page with the list of award winners including the John C. Ewers Book Award given annually for the best published book on the North American (including Mexico) Indian Ethnohistory with a photo of the author- Holly Guise- brown hair white shirt while smiling. Images of other authors included and conference info on Albuquerque October 2025.

Excited to share that my book #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II has received the John C. Ewers Book Award for the best published book on the North American Indian Ethnohistory

Quyaana!! Thrilled to have Alaska Native history in conversation with Native American history! 🗃️

Screenshot of the Western History Association Instagram page with award winners including the author Holly Miowak Guise for the Robert M Utely Prize. Photo of the author included and announcement on the conference in Albuquerque this coming week, mid October 2025

Sharing some exciting news

#AlaskaNativeResilience: Voices from World War II (my book!) published by @uwapress.uw.edu received the Robert M. Utley Book Prize for the best book published on military history of the frontier and western North America!

#AKhistory, #Nativehistory, & #militarization

Flyer for a book signing of Alaska Native Resilience Voices from WWII on Oct 16 from 5:30-7pm at UAA Library third floor

Please join in me in Anchorage for a reception and book signing #AlaskaNativeResilience!
Where: Anchorage
@uaanchorage

@ConsortiumLib

When: Oct 16, 5:30PM-7PM
Who: You!

Hope to see you there!

Can’t believe it’s my book talk today at UNM and via zoom! 3pm Mountain Time. #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II. Hope to see you there if you can call in!

Holly Miowak Guise, "Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II" (U Washington Press, 2024) - New Books Network

Podcast interview dropped today! My interview with Dr. Stephen Hausmann
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about #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II by
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If you preordered #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from WWII before Aug 5, your copy will likely contain a misprint that results in missing pages 15-30. The press is aware & is replacing copies. If you have a copy with the misprint please reach out to the press to get it exchanged.

"Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II" 7th Annual Digital Knowledge Sharing Workshop Keynote Discussion with Holly Miowak Guise Join the APS for a keynote discussion featuring Holly Miowak Guise. This keynote is a part of the broader 7th Annual 2024 Digital Knowledge Workshop at the American Philosophical Society. Alaska Nativ...

Yay my first in-person book talk!
Keynote address on #AlaskaNativeResilience history tomorrow Wed July 24 6pm ET join us in Philadelphia at the American Philosophical Society- or remotely over livestream with this link: www.amphilsoc.org/events/alask...

A surprised face opening a yellow envelope

A 37-year-old first-time Alaska Native Inupiaq woman book author, holding up a copy of the first book she ever wrote called Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II. Not pictured- tears of joy.

Lookit what I found in the mail today- @uwapress.bsky.social mailed me an advance copy of my book #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II.
Today’s the day I became a book author! 🥹💜
Alaska Native writers- we can do it!

Page proofs with the book title “Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II” by Holly Miowak Guise published by University of Washington Press

I have page proofs!! 😭🥳
More info here: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295... @uwapress.bsky.social
Coming soon- #AlaskaNativeResilience a book that centers elder oral histories on the experiences of wartime Alaska during the Pacific War 🗃️

When you have a meeting with @uwapress.bsky.social and they tell you your book is available for pre-order 😭 uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
40% off this weekend with the code: Welcome23 🗃️ #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II