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Ikeda, the good family

Approximately 1,800 Japanese immigrants and their Peruvian descendants were deported from Peru to the United States during World War II. Among them were issei Julio …

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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 only surprising because I am one. …

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Twenty Thousand Cranes And More: Stories Behind Washington State's Tsuru For Solidarity and Crystal City, Texas

Twenty thousand, and more. As I type, twenty-five thousand origami cranes are being gathered in Austin, Texas. They’re going to be coming from approximately 150 …

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On “Family Separation” in 2018: One Sansei Atlas of Displacement and Mass Incarceration

As a Sansei, I've been exploring the issue of “family separation,” given the multiple ways that families are being separated due to unjust border policy, …

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Voices of the Volunteers: The Building Blocks of the Japanese American National Museum

Yae Kanogawa Aihara

Of all the Japanese-speaking docents at the Japanese American National Museum today, Yae Kanogawa Aihara is the last and only Nisei of the group who …

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‘Consequential’ and ‘Transformative’ Study of Crystal City’s WWII Incarceration

During World War II there existed eight Department of Justice-administered internment camps. Three states had a single facility: Montana (Fort Missoula Internment Camp); North Dakota …

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Crystal City, 70 Years Later: Memories of War - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>THE RETURN TO PERUA siren announced Japan's surrender.  Many Japanese refused to believe that their country had been defeated, but the war …

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Crystal City, 70 Years Later: Memories of War - Part 1

It’s a mixture of emotions. Satisifying, to be sure. Surprising, too, because the presidential apology1 was unexpected. Some thought that it would never happen. At …

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From Densho's Archives

International Internees: The Family Camp at Crystal City

"The bitterness of the incarceration was there, but they were able to circumvent it somehow and live a pretty decent...community family life."                                                                                    --Mako Nakagawa …

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Enduring Communities

Japanese Americans in the Interior West: A Regional Perspective on the Enduring Nikkei Historical Experience in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah (and Beyond): Part 6

>> Part 5 This essay has thus far examined how scholars from varying disciplines have, in recent years, supported a deeper exploration of the Interior …