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Recollections from Jerome and Rohwer
In 2002-2004, I was honored to serve with two distinguished historical colleagues, the late Roger…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Jan. 22, 2023

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Arkansas biographies concentration camps imprisonment incarceration Jerome and Rohwer (book) Jerome (Ark.) memoirs Rohwer concentration camp United States World War II camps
Arkansas biographies concentration camps imprisonment incarceration Jerome and Rohwer (book) Jerome (Ark.) memoirs Rohwer concentration camp United States World War II camps
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Love and Reckoning: A Meditation On Family Photos
In my childhood home in Roseville, California, we had a room we called “the den.” It wa…

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 6, 2022

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families family histories genealogy memory World War II camps
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The Power of Irei
Ireichō, Kintsugi, and the Transformation of Karma: A Conversation with Project Founder Duncan Ryuken Williams
To craft into a sacred book listing the names of 125,284 people of Japanese ancestry incarcera…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 27, 2022

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Duncan Ryuken Williams imprisonment incarceration Ireichō Irei (project) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) monuments religion World War II World War II camps
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The Woes of Voting in Camp in 1942
In every election, the question of voter turnout poses a serious challenge. On innumerable occasion…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 25, 2022

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1940s elections political science World War II camps
1940s elections political science World War II camps
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Bill Watanabe - From Manzanar to Little Tokyo
Hundreds of families and individuals sleep in safe, clean, affordable homes in neighborhoods around…

Raymond Douglas Chong • Nov. 4, 2022

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Bill Watanabe California concentration camps Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Service Center (organization) Los Angeles Manzanar concentration camp social work United States World War II camps
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Contemporary Dancer Takako Segawa listens for the Echoes of Ancestors in New Dance Film
OTTAWA — Performed to haunting music and set in the melting, snowy landscape of Petawawa&rsqu…

Kelly Fleck • Nov. 2, 2022

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Canada dance films generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Noriko Hashimoto Ontario Ottawa Petawawa Petawawa Heritage Village postwar Shin-Issei Sho ga nai (film) Takako Segawa United States World War II World War II camps
Canada dance films generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Noriko Hashimoto Ontario Ottawa Petawawa Petawawa Heritage Village postwar Shin-Issei Sho ga nai (film) Takako Segawa United States World War II World War II camps
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Kamisama of the Club — Jazz Player James Araki and Bebop in Japan
If there was a sound that defined United States history, it would be jazz. As Amiri Baraka stated i…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Sept. 13, 2022

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Arizona concentration camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp James Araki jazz music musicians United States 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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Tetsu Komai: The Story of The Man You Love to Hate
One of the most prolific, and possibly most underappreciated, Asian American actors of the &ldquo…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 22, 2022

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acting actors Arizona artists concentration camps entertainers generations Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Hollywood films immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Tetsu Komai United States war World War II camps
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Vancouver’s Tonari Gumi: Keeping Jun’s Magnificent Dream Alive - Part 4
Read Part 3 >> How might the future needs of the JC community be different from what they ar…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 12, 2022

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada communities generations healthcare immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians Japanese Community Volunteers Assocation medical care migration Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre older people postwar Shin Ijusha Shin-Issei Tonari Gumi (organization) United States Vancouver (B.C.) volunteerism World War II World War II camps
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