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Nima of the month: February 2017

I am Yonsei, currently based in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. I created Tessaku to honor and preserve the experiences, wisdom, and memories of our Japanese American elders who lived through WWII.

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Sherman Kishi - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> After you were in training, you were aware that it was leading up to the occu…

Nov. 1, 2017

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Amache concentration camp California Colorado concentration camps farms Livingston United States World War II World War II camps Yamato Colony (Calif.)
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Grace Izuhara
“I remember my father saying how angry he was and that he would never again vote. And he ne…

Nov. 17, 2017

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bullying California Clearfield concentration camps Grace Izuhara Manzanar concentration camp racism sugar beets United States Utah World War II World War II camps
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Kazuo Yamaguchi
Luckily for us growing up in New York City, there was very little discrimination. And my dad beca…

Oct. 13, 2017

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generations New York (state) Nisei United States World War II
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Isamu Noguchi - Part 3
Read Part 2 >> Did he choose Poston due to it being on an American Indian reservat…

Sept. 27, 2017

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Arizona arts concentration camps generations Nisei Poston concentration camp United States World War II camps
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Isamu Noguchi - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Do you also feel that something about Isamu Noguchi’s mixed-r…

Sept. 20, 2017

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Arizona arts concentration camps generations Nisei Poston concentration camp United States World War II camps
Arizona arts concentration camps generations Nisei Poston concentration camp United States World War II camps
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Isamu Noguchi - Part 1
“I begin to see the peculiar tragedy of the Nisei as that of a generation of transition acc…

Sept. 13, 2017

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Arizona arts concentration camps generations hapa Isamu Noguchi Japan New York (state) Nisei Poston concentration camp racially mixed people sculptures United States World War II camps
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Alice Kanagaki
“The Japanese people are not the kind of people to sit back and feel bitter and feel sorry …

Sept. 1, 2017

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Arizona California concentration camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp sports Turlock United States Vacaville (Calif.) World War II camps
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Maru Hiratzka - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> How did they (Hiratzka family) come back to California?  Well, I was in…

Aug. 22, 2017

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Arizona concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Ogden Texas United States Utah World War II camps
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Maru Hiratzka - Part 1
I know even in camp when it was declared Japan lost the war, some of these men were very adamant …

Aug. 21, 2017

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Arizona California concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Ogden temporary detention centers Texas Tulare temporary detention center United States Utah World War II camps
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Kay Ikuma
One of the hardest things was getting immersed back into society, like taking the bus to school s…

July 27, 2017

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California Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 1941 San Francisco Tanforan temporary detention center temporary detention centers United States World War II camps
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