Filipino American History Month

It’s Filipino American History Month!

October is a great time to read about Filipinos in the United States and Filipino Americans, including in Alaska. I have a lot of information I want to share, so please excuse my long list of links and articles!

See my previous post about Thelma Garcia Buchholt, an important Alaskan legislator and author:

https://www.lynnlovegreen.com/post/filipino-american-history-month-thelma-buchholdt

This month, I saw an article in the Senior Voice by Shayne Nuesca that had some great information about more recent history of Filipinos in Alaska:

https://www.seniorvoicealaska.com/story/2026/10/01/columns/filipino-american-history-beyond-the-alaskeros/4398.html

My favorite YA novel by a Filipino American author is Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay. He uses multiple points of view to tell the story about a Filipino American family and their father-son relationships over four generations. Along the way, I also learned about how Filipinos participated in the farm labor movement.

https://www.randyribay.com/books.html

Want to find more great books? Try this article for some ideas:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/101528-children-s-authors-share-recommendations-for-filipino-american-history-month-2026.html?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PW-NL-Children%27s+Bookshelf&oly_enc_id=3469J9040834B3H