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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 3
Read Part 2 >> In a 1933 double wedding, Joe married Jean Nakata, and his sister Paul…

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 19, 2023

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Bainbridge Island California concentration camps families farms forced removal grocery stores Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland stores Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
Bainbridge Island California concentration camps families farms forced removal grocery stores Kawamoto-Wipala farm Leland stores Tule Lake concentration camp United States Washington World War II World War II camps
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Frozen Hair, Work Stoppages, and Other Lesser-Known Stories from Heart Mountain - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> 6. Resentment and Resistance to the Fence Like pretty much all of the other …

Brian Niiya • Sept. 12, 2023

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concentration camps Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp United States World War II camps Wyoming
concentration camps Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp United States World War II camps Wyoming
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Frozen Hair, Work Stoppages, and Other Lesser-Known Stories from Heart Mountain - Part 1
Perhaps you know the Heart Mountain, Wyoming, concentration camp for stories of boyhood-friends-tur…

Brian Niiya • Sept. 11, 2023

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concentration camps Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp United States World War II camps Wyoming
concentration camps Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp United States World War II camps Wyoming
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An In-Depth Examination of the WRA’s Legal System
As someone who has taught both history and literature classes, I recently had my curiosity arouse…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Aug. 8, 2023

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concentration camps Eric L. Muller law Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe (book) United States War Relocation Authority World War II World War II camps
concentration camps Eric L. Muller law Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe (book) United States War Relocation Authority World War II World War II camps
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The Power of Irei
Living, Dying, and Passing It On—Alan Nishio Family at Ireichō
As Los Angeles skies began to clear after the first spell of frigid March rain, a three-generation …

Sharon Yamato • March 28, 2023

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Alan Nishio California concentration camps families imprisonment incarceration Ireichō Irei (project) Manzanar concentration camp United States World War II camps
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Ask a Historian: How Did Alaska Natives Wind Up Inside Japanese American Concentration Camps?
Brian Niiya delves into the hidden history of a group of Alaska Natives caught up in the WWII incar…

Brian Niiya • Feb. 13, 2023

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Alaska natives concentration camps World War II camps
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The Power of Irei
Digging up Ways to Honor Her Ancestors—Kyoko Oda and Ireichō
Sometimes it takes a soft-spoken woman like Kyoko Oda to use her charm to make sure the lives of 12…

Sharon Yamato • Jan. 27, 2023

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California concentration camps Griffith Park internment camp Hawaii Ireichō Irei (project) Kilauea Military Camp Nancy Kyoko Oda Tujunga Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States U.S. Army internment camps World War II World War II camps
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Life in the Tule Lake Stockade
There now exists a richly diverse number of publications devoted to the World War II concentration …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Sept. 1, 2022

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California concentration camps generations imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Kibei loyalty questionnaire Nisei prisons stockades Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center Tule Lake Stockade Diary (book) United States World War II camps
California concentration camps generations imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Kibei loyalty questionnaire Nisei prisons stockades Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center Tule Lake Stockade Diary (book) United States World War II camps
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In Search of Loyalty — The Munson Memos
In the fall of 1941 as relations worsened between the U.S. and Japan, and war became imminent, the …

Susan Zimmerman • June 23, 2022

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concentration camps Curtis B. Munson Munson Report World War II World War II camps
concentration camps Curtis B. Munson Munson Report World War II World War II camps
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Clement Boesflug: Catholic Priest and JACL Chaplain
Among the Maryknoll Catholic clergy who worked with Japanese Americans, many individuals, including…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Sept. 8, 2021

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California Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Catholicism Clement Boesflug concentration camps Japan Los Angeles Maryknoll United States World War II World War II camps
California Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Catholicism Clement Boesflug concentration camps Japan Los Angeles Maryknoll United States World War II World War II camps
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