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In Their Own Voices: Understanding Heart Mountain through Oral Histories
The book Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain by Joanne Oppenheim and Nancy Matsumoto captures th…
Edna Horiuchi • Sept. 18, 2023
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Finding My Community
Growing up in the Central Valley of California, more specifically Fresno, my experience with the Ni…
Drew Yamamura • July 14, 2023
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An excerpt from Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain: As American As Apple Pie—Yellowstone - Part 2
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BACON, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT
We boy scouts went camping at the river and had…
Joanne Oppenheim +1 • May 2, 2023
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An excerpt from Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain: As American As Apple Pie—Yellowstone - Part 1
Unforgotten Voices From Heart Mountain: An Oral History of the Incarceration* is different from t…
Joanne Oppenheim +1 • May 1, 2023
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Father Thomas Takahashi – A Man of One Spirit in Two Worlds
Although most of the permanent clergy at the Maryknoll missions did not come out of the Japanese …
Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 19, 2021
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Freedom Springs From the Mountains of Utah: An Environmental History of Camp Antelope Springs and the Agency of Japanese American Incarcerees
A troop of Boy Scouts spills out of a packed truck, glad that the long ride through miles of dusty …
Sean Silvia • Aug. 9, 2020
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Voices of the Volunteers: The Building Blocks of the Japanese American National Museum
William “Bill” Hiroshi Shishima
Bill Shishima grew up eating gohan along with lingua (tongue), seso (brain), and menudo (tripe soup…
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