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The Sakamoto-Sasano Collection: Bringing New Meaning to Family Mementos

As staff of the Collections Management and Access (CMA) department at the Japanese American National Museum, my colleagues and I make little rediscoveries in JANM ...

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Minidoka Pilgrimage

Returning to my birthplace for the first time after 72 years wasn’t quite the thrill I might have hoped for. After all, my “home ...

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You Are Canadian Nisei If...

Most Yonsei (4th generation Nikkei) and Gosei (5th) are most likely living very comfortable lives with their parents. There may be a Lexus, Acura, and ...

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

Masako Iwawaki Murakami

Masako Iwawaki Murakami’s parents seldom talked about the years the family spent in an American concentration camp during WWII. Masako was 8 years old ...

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Tule Lake - Part 2 of 2

Read Part 1 >>I was having the time of my life, working a few hours a day as a dishwasher in the mess hall and ...

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Tule Lake - Part 1 of 2

When we arrived at Tule Lake in the morning, we were greeted by a man who claimed to be our Block Manager. It was nice ...

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Phyla, etcetera - Part 2

>> Part 1Outside of school we of course played games. The summer heat was a challenge so outdoor games began at dusk. “Annie, Annie, Over,” we ...

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Text and image relations in Miné Okubo's Citizen 13660

Okubo was interned in 1942 in the Central Utah Relocation Center in Topaz a year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During that time she ...

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Letters of Conscience

I’m missing my good American friends very much. I wish this horrible war would stop right now so I could go back to my ...