Great Oak Press

08/11/2026

🎉 AWARD-WINNING NEWS! 🎉

We are thrilled to announce that Ka’m-t’em: A Journey Toward Healing by Kishan Lara-Cooper & Walter J. Lara Sr. has been awarded a SILVER medal in the 2026 Living Now Book Awards!

🌿 Living Now Evergreen Book Medal for Nature Conservation — SILVER

Selected from hundreds of entries, Ka’m-t’em: A Journey Toward Healing was recognized for its quality, creativity, and powerful impact. The Living Now Book Awards celebrate books that inspire readers and make life better. This remarkable work is a testament to resistance, renewal, advocacy, resilience, beauty, and awakening.

Through the voices of Indigenous storytellers, scholars, language keepers, artists, advocates, and community members, Ka’m-t’em explores the journey toward healing and the reclamation of identity, culture, language, spirituality, and connection to the natural world.

The book features the experiences and knowledge of 28 contributing authors, offering readers a deeply meaningful opportunity to listen, learn, and reflect on the strength and beauty found within Indigenous communities and their stories.

📖 Discover Ka’m-t’em: A Journey Toward Healing and experience these powerful Indigenous testimonials for yourself.

🛒 Where to Buy:
Available through Great Oak Press at greatoakpress.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and a bookstore near you.

Congratulations to authors/co-editors Kishan Lara-Cooper and Walter J. Lara Sr., and heartfelt thanks to all of the contributing authors whose voices and wisdom make this book so meaningful.

🌿 Listen. Learn. Reclaim. Heal.

08/06/2026

🎉 Award-Winning News! 🎉

We are proud to announce that "The Temecula Massacre: A Forgotten Battlefield Landscape of the Mexican-American War," written by Gary DuBois and Lisa Woodward and published by Great Oak Press, has been named a National Indie Excellence® Awards Winner!

🏆 Winner – Native/Indigenous/First Nations Non-Fiction

Since 2005, the National Indie Excellence® Awards have recognized outstanding independent and self-published books, honoring excellence not only in literary achievement but also in design, presentation, and production. Judged by a distinguished panel of publishers, authors, editors, and book designers, each category recognizes a single winner selected through a rigorous evaluation process.

This prestigious recognition highlights the importance of preserving and sharing the often-overlooked history of the Temecula Massacre and its lasting significance in the story of the Mexican-American War.

Congratulations to authors Gary DuBois and Lisa Woodward on this remarkable achievement, and thank you to everyone who helped bring this important work to readers.

📚 Purchase your copy today! The book is available directly from Great Oak Press and through major booksellers near you.

05/14/2026

Congratulations to authors Gary P. Dubois and Lisa L. Woodward on being named a Finalist in the Military category of the 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for The Temecula Massacre: A Forgotten Battlefield Landscape of the Mexican-American War!

As the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that bring important stories and histories to light.

The Temecula Massacre uncovers a devastating and often-overlooked chapter of California and Native American history tied to the Mexican-American War. Through meticulous research and powerful storytelling, Dubois and Woodward illuminate the events of 1846–1847, the lasting significance of the Temecula Indian Cemetery, and the importance of preserving these living landscapes and histories for future generations.

This recognition is a well-deserved honor for a groundbreaking work that gives voice to stories that have been buried in time for too long. Congratulations on this remarkable achievement!


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09/10/2025

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