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Reclaiming the Flag: The Intersection of History, Memory, and Resistance in Na Omi Judy Shintani’s Art
The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has acquired Pledge of Allegiance, a seminal artwork…
Masako Hashigami Shinn • April 9, 2025
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We Have Been Here Before: A Speech for Tsuru for Solidarity and La Resistencia at the Northwest Detention Center
On Sunday, February 23, 2025, close to 300 people stood in the rain in front of the Northwest ICE…
Tamiko Nimura • March 16, 2025
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Tying a Family Together: My Grandmother’s Wedding Obi
Growing up I was always fascinated by the blue trunk in our sunroom. When opened, it reeked of mo…
Caitlin Oiye Coon • April 23, 2024
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Broken Promise—A Hawaii World War II Incarceration Story
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Dan Nakasone • Feb. 13, 2024
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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 4
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A PROJECT FARM was being started at the camp, so Joe volunteered to drive …
Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 26, 2023
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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 3
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In a 1933 double wedding, Joe married Jean Nakata, and his sister Pauline married…
Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 19, 2023
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The Power of Irei
The Legacy of Resistance: Nimura/Kashiwagi Family at Ireichō
I feel I have paid many times over for the position I took at Tule Lake.Certainly, you don’t go a…
Sharon Yamato • Nov. 1, 2023
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One Fighting Irishman — A Conversation With Filmmaker Sharon Yamato
Wayne Mortimer Collins is an important name for my family. I first learned about this heroic, brash…
Tamiko Nimura • Oct. 17, 2023
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John Sammon • July 19, 2023
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