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Thu, Apr 12 2012

‘Prisoners and Patriots’ to Be Screened at JANM

‘Prisoners and Patriots’ to Be Screened at JANM

Also tagged: Abner Schrieber, Akira Otani, Augustus Gus Tanaka, bill nishimura, Crystal City, Department of Justice, Esther Hokama, Frank Sumida, Geneva Convention, Issei men, James Hattori, janm, Lordsburg, Masako Tomono, Neil H. Simon, Noboru Taguma, Norman Hirose, Prisoners and Patriots, Rev. Hiroshi Abiko, Rev. Yoshiaki Fujitani, Richard S. Dockum, RUTH HASHIMOTO, Santa Fe internment camp, Seiichi Sam Yamakawa, Susan Yamakawa, Susumu Yenokida, Takashi Tash Kushi

Panoramic view of the Department of Justice's Santa Fe Internment Camp. The documentary “Prisoners and Patriots: The Untold Story of Japanese Internment in Santa Fe” will be screened at the Japanese...

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Thu, Apr 5 2012

‘Santa Fe’ Fails on the Facts

‘Santa Fe’ Fails on the Facts

Also tagged: Amache camp, Bismarck, Department of Justice camps, enemy aliens, Fort Lincoln camp, Geneva Convention, Granada camp, janm, Japanese Latin Americans, Kibei, Kinzo Wakayama, LOYALTY QUESTIONNAIRE, MICHI WEGLYN, Neil H. Simon, Noboru Taguma, Prisoners and Patriots, Public Law 405, reunciants, Santa Catalina Prison Camp, Santa Fe internment camp, Seagoville camp, Shokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan, Susumu Yenokida, Tetsujiro "Tex" Nakamura, tule lake, Wayne Collins, years of infamy

The DOJ camp at Santa Fe is the subject of a new documentary by journalist and filmmaker Neil H. Simon. The native of Portland is now communications director for an international government organization...

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Tue, Mar 27 2012

Interior Dept. Awards Funds to Preserve, Interpret Confinement Sites

Interior Dept. Awards Funds to Preserve, Interpret Confinement Sites

Also tagged: Amache camp, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, Coorado Preservation Inc., Crystal City Internment Cmap, Densho, Department of the Interior, Developing Innovations in Navajo Education, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Friends of the Texas Historical Commission, Granada camp, heart mountain, heart mountain wyoming foundation, Honouliuli Internment Camp, jacl, Japanese American Confinement Sites, Japanese American Service Committee, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, Jonathan B. Jarvis, Ken Salazar, Kooskia Internment Camp, Leupp Citizen Isolation Center, Manzanar National Historic Site, Minidoka National Historic Site, national park service, oregon nikkei endowment, TOPAZ MUSEUM, tule lake, University of Idaho, Venice Community Housing Corporation, Venice Japanese American Memorial Marker, Washington State University Pullman, Wing Luke Museum

WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior on March 22 announced that the National Park Service is awarding funding to help preserve and interpret the U.S. confinement sites where more than 120,000...

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Tue, Feb 21 2012

Ancestry.com Commemorates Internment with Free Access to Databases

Ancestry.com Commemorates Internment with Free Access to Databases

Also tagged: Ancestry.com, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, Daniel Jones, executive order 9066, franklin roosevelt, george takei, janm, Japanese American internment, National Archives and Records Administration, norman mineta, Pearl Ito, Remembrance Project, santa anita racetrack, tule lake

In remembrance of the 70th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which placed more than 120,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps, Ancestry.com, the world’s...

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Fri, Feb 17 2012

Day of Remembrance in Salinas

Day of Remembrance in Salinas

Also tagged: Aggie Idemoto, Aki Awaya Okuno, Bob Oka, California Historical Monument and Memorial Garden, Day of Remembrance, executive order 9066, Gilroy JACL, Jack Matsuoka, Japanese American Museum of San Jose, Lily Kawafuchi, Monterey Peninsula JACL, poston, Salinas Assembly Center, Salinas Community Center, Salinas Rodeo Grounds, Salinas Valley JACL, San Benito County JACL, Sherwood Gardens, Steinbeck Institute of Arts and Culture, storyteller Megumi, Sus Ikeda, Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL

SALINAS — “Rodeo Roundup,” a presentation by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj), will be featured at the Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 1:30 p.m. at the Steinbeck Institute...

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Thu, Jan 26 2012

SENIOR MOMENTS: Gordon Hirabayashi—An Inspiration

SENIOR MOMENTS: Gordon Hirabayashi—An Inspiration

Also tagged: dale minami, E.O. 9066, Fred Korematsu Day, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, keiro retirement home, lane hirabayashi, Min Yasui, Mitsuye Endo, Paul Tsuneishi, Peter Irons, Phil Shigekuni, San Fernando Valley JACL, san fernando valley japanese american community center, Supreme Court, Tucson federal prison camp, University of Washington, warren furutani

By Phil Shigekuni (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Jan. 21, 2012.) === E.O. 9066 Inc. was a redress organization formed in 1976 after a meeting held at the San Fernando Valley JA Community Center...

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Thu, Jan 19 2012

First Fred Korematsu Day Event in Pasadena

First Fred Korematsu Day Event in Pasadena

Also tagged: "Ban the Japs" Committee, alan nishio, amache, Bill Bogaard, Dillon Myer, Donald Wright Auditorium, Esther Takei Nishio, Fred Korematsu Day, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, Min Yasui, pasadena city college, Patty Kinaga, SOJI KASHIWAGI, susie ling, Wendy Fujihara Anderson

Esther Takei Nishio with a photo of herself from the 1940s. (Photo by Mario G. Reyes/Rafu Shimpo) PASADENA — Pasadena’s first Fred Korematsu Day program will take place on Monday, Jan. 30, from 2 to...

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Fri, Dec 2 2011

Herzig-Yoshinaga Shares Research Tips

Herzig-Yoshinaga Shares Research Tips

Also tagged: aiko herzig-yoshinaga, Asian Americans for Action, ASSEMBLY CENTER, Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, Ei Yoshinaga Suzuki, Eji Suyama, FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FBI, Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, fred korematsu, Gen. John DeWitt, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, Internment camps, inu collaborators, jaccc, JACL Greater Los Angeles Singles Chapter, JACL National Convention, Jerome Ark., JOYCE OKAZAKI, Justice Department, Kazu Iijima, Kumamoto, Los Angeles High School, manzanar, Marjorie Lee, Martha Nakagawa, Mary Nakahara, michi nishiura weglyn, Min Yasui, National Archives and Records Administration, National Council for Japanese American Redress, pearl harbor, rohwer, Shizuko Matsuda, Speaking Out for Personal Justice, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, VIETNAM WAR, War Department, warren furutani, years of infamy, YURI KOCHIYAMA

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga speaks with attendees after her talk on Nov. 11. (Photo by Martha Nakagawa) By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, RAFU CONTRIBUTOR TORRANCE — How did a woman with barely a high school education and...

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Wed, Nov 9 2011

‘Their Last Full Measure’

‘Their Last Full Measure’

Also tagged: 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd regimental combat team, Bess Saito, Calvin Saito, Capt. Kevin Gilbert, Col. Bruce Hollywood, congressional gold medal, Craig Uchida, Edward Ozaki, Gen. Martin Dempsey, George Saito, heart mountain, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Maj. Gen. Kelly McKeague, military intelligence service, National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism, National Military Family Month, national park service, National World War II Memorial, NormanMineta, Rev. Brian Nagata, Shozo Saito, U.S. Capitol, U.S. Supreme Court

Participants found their loved ones' names on the memorial wall and made rubbings to take home. (Photo by J.K. Yamamoto/Rafu Shimpo) By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Three days of...

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Thu, Jun 30 2011

$2.9 Million in JA Confinement Site Grants Announced

$2.9 Million in JA Confinement Site Grants Announced

Also tagged: amache, Arizona State University, Arkansas State University, Asian Media Access Inc., Central Arkansas Library System, Chicago Japanese American Historical Society, Colorado Preservation Inc., CyArk, Densho, Friends of Minidoka, George and Frank Hirahara, Granada, heart mountain, Honouliuli, Japanese American Confinement Sites Program, JCCH, Jonathan B. Jarvis, KEET-TV, Ken Salazar, Kooskia, LTSC Community Development Corp., manzanar committee, MIS Language School, national park service, New Mexico JACL, NJAHS, poston, Poston Community Alliance, rohwer, Rosalie Gould, Stone Ishimaru, uc berkeley, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Idaho Moscow, Washington State University Pullman, Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Friday announced that the National Park Service is awarding 24 grants totaling $2.9 million to preserve and...

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