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Pilgrimage Powell & Cody 2018 Heart Mountain 2018 Heart ● July26–28,2018 Pilgrimage2018 Heart Mountain Powell & Cody ● July 26–28, 2018 by Estelle Ishigo, Allen Eaton Collection, Japanese American National Museum Allen Eaton Estelle Ishigo, by Heart Mountain Mess Hall Shibai 1 Map of Holiday Inn Cody Guest Rooms Registration Ballroom QTs Gift Shop Sales Artifact Donations Restaurant Silent Auction Moving Walls Children’s Activities Discussion Cocktail Reception Discussion Groups 3 & 11 Discussion Dessert Reception Groups 6 & 8 Groups 2 & 12 Courtyard Bottoms Up Eaton Exhibit Cabins Buffalo Bill Banquet Lounge Discussion D Room Taggart Groups 7 & 14 Discussion Discussion Groups 5 & 9 Discussion Groups 1 & 13 Front Desk Groups 4 & 10 & Office Guest Rooms A B C Snacks & Water Lobby (Meet for buses) Conference Employees Only Guest Rooms Room Main Entrance Parking Comfort Inn each other. andtohelpus better understand help usbetterbefore, understandthosewhocame we lookwell—to toart,as year’s Pilgrimage, Forthis forgotten. thisstory sure wasnever make tousetheirart otherstocreate, could.Shealsoencouraged ever words better thanmere oflifeatHeart therealities Mountain convey would they paintings anddrawings.Sheknew somuchtimetodocumenting lifeinthiscampwithher understanding. 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Simpson (Ret.) & Consul General Hiroto Hirakoba (tentative) (Wynona Thompson Auditorium, Cody) • Buses leave Holiday Inn at 8:30am Activity One (one of the following) (Auditorium address: 1500 Heart Mountain St, Cody, WY 82414) A. Tour the original hospital grounds with former incarceree • Opening remarks: Shirley Ann Higuchi & Douglas Nelson B. Tour the memorial & honor roll with former incarceree 9:00am–12:00pm 10:00–10:50am C. Tour the original barrack with former incarceree • Excerpt from An American Story: Norman Mineta and His Legacy; D. Film excerpt & performance by Kishi Bashi Remarks by Norman Mineta & filmmakers Dianne Fukami & Debra Nakatomi E. Kids’ activities • Screening of Digital Storytelling Workshop short films F. Unguided exploration of the site and center on your own • Screening of short film by Jeff MacIntyre & David Ono featuring Shig Yabu • Presentation of LaDonna Zall Compassionate Witness Award 11:00–11:50am Activity Two (same as above, one from the list) Lunch on your own in Cody—see map on page 5 12:00–1:50pm Keynote Address by David Inoue & Lunch buffet (under tent) 12:00–1:45pm (Buses will run between downtown Cody & Holiday Inn during this period) Activity Three (one of the following) Educational Session One (Holiday Inn, Cody) A. Tour the original hospital grounds with former incarceree A. "Memories of Heart Mountain" ~ Sam Mihara 2:00–2:50pm B. Tour the memorial & honor roll with former incarceree 2:00-2:50pm B. "The No-No Boy Music Project" ~ Julian Saporiti & Erin Aoyama C. Tour the original barrack with former incarceree C. "Artifacts of Incarceration" ~ Clement Hanami, Noriko Sanefuji, & Nancy Ukai OR First round of buses return to Holiday Inn Educational Session Two (Holiday Inn, Cody) 2:00–3:00pm Buses leave Heart Mountain Interpretive Center for Holiday Inn, Cody A. "Memories of Heart Mountain" ~ Sam Mihara 3:00–3:50pm B. "The No-No Boy Music Project" ~ Julian Saporiti & Erin Aoyama 3:00pm Interpretive Center closes C. "The Power of Digital Storytelling" ~ Jeff MacIntyre Cocktails, Swing Dancing (with demo), & Close of Silent Auction D. "Introduction to Swing Dancing" ~ Grant & Rachel Sunada 4:30-6:30pm (Taggart Room, Holiday Inn, Cody) 4:00–6:30pm Multigenerational Discussions (Holiday Inn, Cody) 6:30-8:00pm Evening Banquet OR Dinner on your own (Ballroom, Holiday Inn, Cody) 8:00–9:00pm Film Screening: Moving Walls by Sharon Yamato (Holiday Inn, Cody) 8:00-9:00pm Closing Dessert Reception (Taggart Room, Holiday Inn, Cody) 3 4 Police Station To Heart Mountain Interpretive Center To Billings, MT Downtown Cody Dining 1 Chinatown Buffet 22 2 Rocky Mountain MoJoe (Sandwiches) 3 Millstone Pizza & Brewery 4 Peter’s Café (Sandwiches) N 10th St 11th St 12th St 13th St 14th St 15th St 16th St 5 Proud Cut Saloon (Full Menu) 9th St 6 Silver Dollar Bar/Grill (Full Menu) Holiday W E Inn 7 Wyoming Rib & Chop (Full Menu) Hospital 9 10 Emergency Room 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 Gausthaus Cardi (German Food) 9 Pat O’Hara Brewing (Full Menu) S Visitor’s City 20 18 17 15 14 13 12 11 Center Park 19 16 10 QTs at Holiday Inn (Full Menu) Friday Bus Schedule: 21 11 Granny’s Diner (Full Menu) = Bus Stop 12 Thai Thai (Full Menu) Wynona 8:30am from Holiday Inn Thompson 13 Shiki (Japanese Food) • Auditorium to Wynona Thompson 14 Zapata’s (Mexican Food) Auditorium (WTA) 15 Pizza on the Run 16 The Local (Farm to Table) • 12:00pm from WTA to 17 Il Padrino (Italian Food) The Local & Holiday Inn Library 18 Annie’s Soda Saloon (Sandwiches) • 1:50pm from Visitor’s 19 Fat Racks BBQ (Food Truck) Center & The Local to To the Airport Post 20 The Irma (Full Menu) Holiday Inn Office Recreation Area To Beck Lake To 21 Hong Kong Chinese 22 Heritage Bakery (Bistro) To Yellowstone National Park 5 6 HEART MOUNTAIN INTERPRETIVE CENTER: 1539 Road 19, Powell, WY 82435 || 307.754.8000 [email protected] || www.HeartMountain.org Powell• H 11 miles from Powell R19 Turn on Road 19 by Original Heart the two large trees 28 29 30 Mountain Hospital 26 27 25 24 HWY 120 To Belfry 13 miles from Cody HWY 14A •Cody HWY 14/16 HWY 14/16 20 21 22 23 To Yellowstone To Greybull HWY 120 To Meeteetse Heart Mountain 17 16 15 Interpretive Center MEMORIAL Memorial & Memorial Walking Trail Original Heart Honor & TRAIL 12 13 14 Mountain Barrack Roll 1 9 8 7 Root Cellar 8 7 5 6 6 2 5 4 3 2 1 WALKING TRAIL STATIONS 1. Hospital Complex 2. MP Station, Guard Tower, & Train Station MAP KEY: 3. Agriculture and Root Cellars Barrack ............. 4. Swimming Hole Mess Hall. 5. Administrative Area Latrine .............. 6. Heart Mountain High School Barbed Wire ....... 7. Barracks Living Area 8. Relocation Center Support Facilities 7 8 Welcome: Douglas Nelson—Board of Directors, Vice-Chair Chair Shirley Ann Higuchi, Esq. Douglas Nelson is the retired President and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation Welcome to our 2018 Pilgrimage, “Incarceration Art: A Means of Survival” which builds (AECF). He is a leading advocate for children and a widely recognized expert on policies and upon last year’s powerful 75th year commemoration of Executive Order 9066! Incarcerees community-based responses to improve the lives of at-risk children and their families. He painted, performed, sang, and danced through the trauma of unjust imprisonment in is also regarded as one of America’s leading thinkers on the strategic role of philanthropy order to keep their spirits up and give expression to their resilience and resistance as they in advancing racial justice and positive social change. He assumed the presidency of the Photo courtesy of Doug Nelson endured life behind barbed wire. This year, we explore art as a way to understand the Casey Foundation in 1990 and, for 20+ years, led AECF through one of the most remarkable struggle, injustice, and triumph of the WWII Japanese American incarceration experience. and innovative transformations of a philanthropic organization—from a moderately-sized regional institution providing We are pleased to present, “The Mountain Was Our Secret: Works By Estelle Ishigo,” foster care services to disadvantaged children to one of the nation’s most influential and respected large foundations. an exhibition that features ten stunning watercolors documenting camp life, generously In 2010, President Jimmy Carter singled out Nelson for his extraordinary contributions “to our most disinvested and on loan from the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). These paintings were disenfranchised populations and to the overall betterment of America’s philanthropic missions. Such leaders are all too recently saved from the auction block through Heart Mountain legal efforts and the on- rare.” line outcry of hundreds of Japanese American advocates. We sincerely thank JANM Chair In addition to frequent lectures and speeches, Mr. Nelson has written widely on a range of domestic and social policy Norm Mineta, and CEO Ann Burroughs for their work in ensuring that the moving exhibit could successfully open here at issues. His social history of the World War II removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans entitled Heart Mountain: Heart Mountain. We will also screen an excerpt of the film, An American Story: Norman Mineta and His Legacy, produced The History of an American Concentration Camp earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 1976. Mr. Nelson maintains by Dianne Fukami and Debra Nakatomi. We are grateful to Norm and to his dear friend Al Simpson who both continue to close ties with survivors of that shameful event, serving on the Board of Directors of the Heart Mountain, Wyoming give invaluable guidance and support to the Foundation and its mission.
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