Outside Holger Jorgensen’s wood-paneled house near Fairbanks, Alaska, it was at least 20 degrees below zero, but inside was warm in both temperature and conversation. Jorgy, as he was known, sat in ...

Editor’s note: This is an edited excerpt from the epilogue to the book “Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II,” by Holly Miowak Guise. The book was published in July by the University of ...

Holly Miowak Guise chose to title her book “Alaska Native Resilience,” because, she said, it perfectly captured the story she wanted to tell about the ways Alaska Natives experienced World War II, how ...

Alaska’s Natives played significant roles in World War II, in the United States military and in protecting Alaska during and after attacks by Japanese forces. Additionally, residents of the Aleutian ...

"This multi-method study examined the resilience, adaptive capacities, and gender role transitions of 73 Alaska Native men, using survey and ethnographic data from the 'Social Transitions of the North ...

Holly Miowak Guise, Iñupiaq, is assistant professor of history at the University of New Mexico and author of “Alaska Native Resilience: Voices From World War II.” (Photo by Haiden Renae (Navajo/Diné) ...