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The Overlooked Story of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii During World War II
In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941…

Olivia Tasevski • Feb. 28, 2024

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What’s the Cost of a Family Secret?
A California Writer on the Aunt He Never Knew He Had—and the Lessons She Taught Him Is the…

Joe Mathews • Feb. 27, 2024

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“The Gold That Heals and Transforms”: A Conversation with Dr. Satsuki Ina
It’s an incredible honor for me to speak to Dr. Satsuki Ina. Ina is a Sansei activist, ther…

Tamiko Nimura • Feb. 7, 2024

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biographies Bismarck British Columbia Canada colleges historic sites history memoirs memorials North Dakota Satsuki Ina Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial The Poet and the Silk Girl (book) Ucluelet (B.C.) United States United Tribes Technical College Vancouver Island World War II camps
biographies Bismarck British Columbia Canada colleges historic sites history memoirs memorials North Dakota Satsuki Ina Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial The Poet and the Silk Girl (book) Ucluelet (B.C.) United States United Tribes Technical College Vancouver Island World War II camps
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Rich Heart Mountain personal narratives abound in Unforgotten Voices
Although primarily a prolific author of children’s books, mostly fictional, Unforgotten Voice…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Feb. 5, 2024

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Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Joanne Oppenheim Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain (book) United States World War II World War II camps Wyoming
Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Joanne Oppenheim Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain (book) United States World War II World War II camps Wyoming
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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 1—Family Background, Life in Canada Before and During War
This series narrates the history of the Hyoshiro1 and Fujiye Hirai family, especially focusing on t…

Stan Kirk • Jan. 21, 2024

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British Columbia Canada Canadian internment camps families forced removal Hirai family Japanese Canadians Lemon Creek internment camp Miki Hirai Shigeru Hirai Slocan Extension internment camps World War II World War II camps
British Columbia Canada Canadian internment camps families forced removal Hirai family Japanese Canadians Lemon Creek internment camp Miki Hirai Shigeru Hirai Slocan Extension internment camps World War II World War II camps
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Tokita Tales
Maryknoll
Beacon Hill, or Queen Anne hill. Except a knoll is a small hill, probably one that is a lot smaller…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Jan. 19, 2024

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Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Catholicism concentration camps education Idaho Leopold Tibesar Maryknoll Minidoka concentration camp Seattle Shokichi "Shox" Tokita teaching United States Washington World War II camps
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Catholicism concentration camps education Idaho Leopold Tibesar Maryknoll Minidoka concentration camp Seattle Shokichi "Shox" Tokita teaching United States Washington World War II camps
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Part 41 (part 2) Interview with Christine Piper, author with Japanese and Australian roots — Japanese-Australian
Read Part 1 >> Japanese Americans and Japanese in internment camps -- In After Darkness, th…

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 29, 2023

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Australia Australians Christine Piper incarcerees Japanese Japanese Australians Nikkei Australia (organization) World War II camps
Australia Australians Christine Piper incarcerees Japanese Japanese Australians Nikkei Australia (organization) World War II camps
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Part 41 (Part 1) Interview with Christine Piper, an author of Japanese and Australian descent — The story behind the creation of her novel "After Dark"
The novel "After Darkness: A Japanese Doctor at Loveday Camp, Australia" (originally published in…

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 22, 2023

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After Darkness (book) Australia authors Christine Piper fiction Imperial Japanese Army Japan Loveday internment camp Manshu Detachment 731 novels World War II camps writers
After Darkness (book) Australia authors Christine Piper fiction Imperial Japanese Army Japan Loveday internment camp Manshu Detachment 731 novels World War II camps writers
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Camp Survivor Recalls Killings at Manzanar
Jim Morita a concentration camp survivor of World War II was old enough at the time to see the im…

John Sammon • Dec. 1, 2023

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California concentration camps Manzanar concentration camp United States World War II camps
California concentration camps Manzanar concentration camp United States World War II camps
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Power of Our Stories
In American Dream
There are as many ways to tell a story as there are stories. Historians, novelists, and artists o…

Esther Newman • Nov. 27, 2023

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An American Dream (opera) imprisonment incarceration opera World War II camps
An American Dream (opera) imprisonment incarceration opera World War II camps
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