Tom Holm
American academic
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| birth_place | Northeastern Oklahoma |
| education | University of Oklahoma (PhD) |
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| children | 2 |
| module | {{Infobox military person |
| allegiance | United States of America |
| branch | United States Marine Corps |
| serviceyears | 1967–1968 |
| unit | Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines |
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Tom Holm (born 1946) is a professor in the Native American Studies program at the University of Arizona.
Holm is a registered citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He is also of Muskogee descent. Holm served in the United States Marines during the Vietnam War. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Oklahoma. Besides being part of the University of Arizona's Native American Studies program he was previously a professor of political science at that institution.
Among works by Holm are Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: The Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War and The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005). In 2008 a novel by him entitled Osage Rose was published.
Awards and nominations
In 1997 received the Outstanding Native American Faculty Award.
Selected for an Excellence in Teaching Award during the U of A’s “Year of the Undergraduate” in 1988.
In 2004 was honored with the Graduate College’s Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award.
Finalist for the Victor Turner Prize in ethnographic writing in Canada.
Works
- {{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=Tom |author1-link=Tom Holm |editor-last=Rosier |editor-first=Paul C. |editor-link=Paul C. Rosier |title=Code Talkers and Warriors: Landmark Events in Native American History |publisher=Chelsea House Pub |date=July 1, 2007 |location=New York |isbn=9780791093405
- {{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=Tom |author1-link=Tom Holm |title=Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls |publisher=University of Texas Press |date=March 1, 1996 |location=Austin |isbn=0292730985
- {{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=Tom |author1-link=Tom Holm |title=Ira Hayes: The Akimel O'odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism |publisher=Twelve |date=August 1, 2023 |location=New York |isbn=1538709503
- {{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=Tom |author1-link=Tom Holm |title=The Osage Rose |publisher=University of Arizona Press |date=March 15, 2008 |location=Tucson |isbn=0816526508
- {{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=Tom |author1-link=Tom Holm |title=Anadarko: A Kiowa Country Mystery |publisher=University of Arizona Press |date=October 1, 2015 |location=Tucson |isbn=0816531811
- {{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=Tom |author1-link=Tom Holm |title=The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era |publisher=University of Arizona Press |date=September 1, 2005 |location=Austin |isbn=0292709625
References
Sources
- University of Arizona biography of Holm
- Remembering Navajo Code Talkers: Q&A with Professor Emeritus Tom Holm
- Native American authors listing for Holm
- PIMA County public library press release of Holm
References
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