"Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II" DKS Keynote Discussion with Holly Miowak Guise
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Alaska Native elders remember wartime invasion, relocation, and land reclamation
The US government justified its World War II occupation of Alaska as a defense against Japan’s invasion of the Aleutian Islands, but it equally served to advance colonial expansion in relation to the geographically and culturally diverse Indigenous communities affected. Offering important Alaska Native experiences of this history, Holly Miowak 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.
This program is sponsored by The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR), which promotes innovative uses of the Library’s collections to support Indigenous communities' priorities and scholarship.
