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Ethnic diversity
(b.1926) Democratic politician and three-term Governor of Hawai'i

Christian gatherings in homes
(1926 - 2012) Scholar and professor of anthropology. Leader in the establishment of ethnic studies as an academic discipline

Not bringing shame to family
(1926 - 2012) Scholar and professor of anthropology. Leader in the establishment of ethnic studies as an academic discipline

Role of the Japanese American National Museum
(1926 - 2012) Scholar and professor of anthropology. Leader in the establishment of ethnic studies as an academic discipline

New Year's food
(b.1964) California-born business woman in Japan. A successor of her late grandmother, who started a beauty business in Japan.

Food growing up
(b.1948) Nikkei from Southern California living in Japan.

Learning American cooking
(b.1909) Nisei from Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake and Minidoka during WWII. Resettled in Chicago after WWII

Japanese American community life
(b. 1939) Japanese American painter, printmaker & professor

Her early life in Canada
(b.1912) Japanese Canadian Issei. Immigrated with husband to Canada in 1931



Peru Shimpo for the Nikkei community (Spanish)
(b. 1937) Professional journalist

Japanese community in Mission
(b. 1922) Canadian Nisei who was unable to return to Canada from Japan until 1952

Taiko as self-expression
Co-founder and creative director of San Jose Taiko

A “principally-based” taiko group in England creating a global taiko community
Co-founder and creative director of San Jose Taiko
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