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A Letter to My Community Urging Protection of Minidoka
Dear Japanese American Community, If I don’t already know you, I hope to meet you someday — in the…

Erin Shigaki • March 19, 2023

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Idaho letters Minidoka (city) United States World War II camps
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Barbed Wire, Guard Tower, Tar Paper Barracks, Roll Call
The Tule Lake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds Museum is miles from the Tule Lake camp site. It’s a small…

Tamiko Nimura • March 9, 2023

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California concentration camps imprisonment incarceration pilgrimages Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds Museum Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps
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Reflections on a Pilgrimage: The Dust of Poston
My mother’s memories of Poston are thick with dust. When I ask my 93-year-old mother about Poston,…

Janis Hirohama • Jan. 24, 2023

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Arizona concentration camps imprisonment incarceration pilgrimages Poston concentration camp United States World War II camps
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
In memoriam...Jim Matsuoka
It is with my heaviest, yet most grateful heart that I present this poetic speech from our beloved …

Jim H. Matsuoka +1 • Nov. 17, 2022

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activism California concentration camps Jim Matsuoka literature Manzanar concentration camp pilgrimages poetry social action United States World War II camps
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This Year’s Pilgrimage to Amache Will Be Very, Very Special
Every year on the Saturday before Labor Day Weekend, people converge in southeast Colorado to visit…

Gil Asakawa • April 8, 2022

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Amache concentration camp Colorado concentration camps pilgrimages United States World War II World War II camps
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Creating a Sense of Community in Idaho - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Q: I only experienced Idaho through the Minidoka Pilgrimage and during that time, a…

Dina Furumoto • Sept. 18, 2020

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Friends of Minidoka (organization) Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Idaho identity Japanese Americans Mexican Americans pilgrimages racially mixed people United States World War II World War II camps Wyoming
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Creating a Sense of Community in Idaho - Part 1
I live in a bubble. I did not grow up nor in my adult life have I traveled and explored the United…

Dina Furumoto • Sept. 17, 2020

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Friends of Minidoka (organization) Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Idaho identity Japanese Americans Mexican Americans pilgrimages racially mixed people United States World War II World War II camps Wyoming
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Behind the Tadaima! Scenes with Kimiko Marr of Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages 
I met Yonsei Kimiko Marr through social media and an online network of Japanese American activist…

Tamiko Nimura • July 29, 2020

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Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (project) Kimiko Marr Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage virtual events
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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Importance of Place: The Manzanar Pilgrimage and COVID-19
Like so many events these days, the 51st annual Manzanar Pilgrimage was cancelled on Thursday, Apri…

Jonathan van Harmelen • June 19, 2020

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Bruce Embrey California concentration camps COVID-19 Manzanar concentration camp Manzanar Pilgrimage (event) pilgrimages United States World War II camps
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Pilgrimage to former internment camp reveals untold story of Japanese Latin American incarceration
It was only a few years ago that I heard the term “Japanese Latin American” (JLA). This is perhaps …

Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik • Feb. 21, 2020

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children Crystal City internment camp Crystal City Pilgrimage (event) Department of Justice camps Dilley Japanese Latin Americans Peru pilgrimages prisoner exchange Redress movement San Antonio Solidarity Rally for Immigrant Justice (event) temporary detention centers Texas United States World War II camps
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