Righting a Wrong: Course of the Past Two Years, in Addition to the Actual Exhi Bit Expands to Several Rooms Camps Were and What Camp Life Was Like

THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL Feb. 24-March 9, 2017

V~~ I :~\~~ 1ff.l ~ ~ ':!~a: Smithsonian's " Japanese Americansnew II" exhibitian will see » PAGE 6 lithagraph "American Rager Shimamura, 2007. The image itself depicts a Japanese American incarceration camp from the vantage paint af ane af the guard tawers I -:::> .....~ .... _ the camp. The sentry cl c~ ",,'ly ' o ~sel ( ve,sa child riding a tricycle, makin,g ".fere'rlce ta Shimamura himself, when ald. (Courtesy of Workshop Kans•• t(

RIGHTING A WRONG : JAPANESE AMERICANS AND WORLD WAR II

Aftef Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December were taken into custody Another 45.000 7, 1941, and the United States entered a war In Japanese nationals living In the United Slate$ Europe and the Pacific, the nation was overcome (but long denied citizenship becduse of thel! race) were also Incarcerated Some forty yeaI'!. by shock. anger, and fear-a tear exaggerated later, members of the Japanese Amencan by long~standing anti· Asian preJudice. Ten community led the nation to confront the weeks later President Franklin Roosevelt signed wrong Il had done-and to make 11 nght. Executive Order 9066, under which nearly 75,000 American dtlzens of Japanese ancestry

WWW.PACIFICCITIZEN.ORG #3293/VOL. 164, No.3 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 Feb. 24-March 9, 2017 NATIONAL PACIFIC ~ CITIZEN WE REMEMBER MANZANAR, MINIDOKA, HOW TO REACH US PHOTO: MANZANAR COMMITTEE Email: [email protected] Online: www.pacificcitizen.org Tel: (213) 620-1767 HEART MOUNTAIN Fax: (213) 620-1768 Mail: 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St., s we pause to remember the signifi• Suite 313 cance of the 75th anniversary of the Los Angeles, CA 90012 signing of Executive Order 9066, STAFF A Executive Editor we recall the personal injustice and personal Allison Haramoto hardship it imposed on the 120,000 men, Business Manager women and children who were affected by the Susan Yokoyama government's implementation of that executive Production Artist order. It caused personal damage, dislocation, Marie Samonte physical and mental trauma, and it offended our Circulation Constitution. Eva Ting Manzanar, Minidoka, Heart Mountain, The Pacific Citizen newspaper Poston, Tule Lake, Gila River, Granada, (ISSN: 0030-8579) is published semi-monthly (except once in Topaz,Jerome,Rohwer - these wereAmerica's December and January) by the concentration camps. SPLC documented 867 bias-related history in the genocide of the Jewish population Japanese American Citizens Today, it is important to heed the lessons from incidents in the first 10 days following the during World War II. League, Pacific Citizen, 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St., Suite 313 the incarceration experience about acting out of election, with more than 300 targeting Muslims America is a place that welcomes immigrants Los Angeles, CA 90012 fear and bigotry by targeting vulnerable groups and immigrants. by providing sanctuary and opportunity. It is a Periodical postage paid at L.A., in defiance of America's values. There is the troubling specter of banning im• place that values diversity by allowing people CA POSTMASTER: Send address As reported by the Southern Poverty Law migration based on religion and the aggressive to be who they are. It is a place that has the ca• changes to National JACL, 1765 Center (SPLC), the growth in hate groups is on and broad-based use of deportation that results pacity to admit wrongdoing because we are a Sutter St., San Francisco, CA the rise accompanied by an increase in crimes in uprooting and tearing families apart. country ruled by law and because sometimes we 94115 directed at Muslims. There is the failure to accurately acknowledge owe it to our own sense of honor as a nation .• JACL President: Gary Mayeda Interim Executive Director: Bill Yoshino Interim Assistant Executive in terms of informing us what is important in Director: Stephanie Nitahara PACIFIC CITIZEN RECEIVES DONATION our daily lives and also the many contribu• P.C. EDITORIAL BOARD Gil Asakawa, chairperson; Jody Mitori, tors that express interesting personal opin• MDC; Joy Goto, CCDC; Jim Duff, TO KICK-START 2017 SPRING CAMPAIGN ions and experiences that have a bearing in NCWNPDC; Chip Larouche, PNWDC; the lives of us all," said Ige. "I implore you Kayla Watanabe, IDC; John Saito Jr., he Pacific Citizen's 2017 Spring to consider supporting the Japanese Ameri• PSWDC; Juli Yoshinaga, youth rep. Campaign got off to a roaring start can Citizens League and the Pacific Citizen SUBSCRIBE in February thanks to a significant as part of your legacy." Get a one-year subscription of T Pacific Citizen donation made by longtime supporter and the newspaper at: The P.C. relies heavily on donations from its www.pacificcitizen.org or call reader Tsutomu "Tom" Ige. Spring Campaign to supplement operational (213) 620-1767 Ige, along with his daughter, Natalie, and her expenses, staffing needs and assistance with ADVERTISE husband met with P.C.'s staff, Editorial Board printing and mailing costs. To advertise in the Pacific Citizen, call (213) 620-1767 or e-mail: Chair Gil Asakawa, JACL National President "The Pacific Citizen is facing greater chal• [email protected] Gary Mayeda and JACL Planned Giving's lenges with future publications and transition• Steve Okamoto on Feb. 3 in Los Angeles to LEGAL ing to the digital format. It needs support. ... No part of this publication may be discuss his donation and the ways in which the But 1 also realize that not everyone has access to reproduced without the express P.C. can best utilize his gift. permission of the Pacific Citizen. digital, which is why the printed issues are still Editorials, letters, news and the "To me, the Pacific Citizen is the 'eyes and important," said Ige. opinions expressed by columnists ears' of the Nikkei community and other Tom Ige (Jeft) is pictured with JACL Planned other than the national JACL president Giving's Steve Okamoto during a meeting in The PC. gratefully acknowledges Mr. Ige and or national director do not necessarily readers. It gives our community what it needs all Spring Campaign supporters. Thank you! • reflect JACL policy. Events and Los Angeles on Feb. 3. products advertised in the PC. do not carry the implicit endorsement of the JACL or this publication. We reserve the right to edit articles. © 2016

The P.C.'s mission is to "educate on the past Japanese American experience Periodicals paid at Los Angeles, Calif. PACIFIC CITIZEN and preserve, promote and help the current and future AAPI communities." and mailing office. JACL M EM BER? [Y] [N] 0 $50 0 $100 0 $150 0 $200 O other_ JACL MEMBERS NAME: ______

ADDRESS: If you've moved, 2017 please send new information to: CITY, STATE, ZIP: National JACL 1765 Sutter St. San Francisco, PHONE: CA 94115 . (415) 921-5225 EMAIL: ______ext. 26 ~ Allow 6 weeks for MAIL PACIFIC CITIZEN FOR MORE INFORMATION: address changes. 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St. Phone: (213) 620-1767 -: To avoid interruptions TO: Suite 313, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Web: www.pacificcitizen.org in delivery, please notify your stmaster to include More than ever, your tax-deductible funds will help preserve the legacy of the Pacific Citizen. Donations of $150 or more periodicals in your will be entered in a monthly drawing for a box of "Fugetsu-Do" Japanese manju delivered to the winner's door. change of address (USPS Form 3575) PACIFIC. CITIZEN COMMENTARY Feb. 24-March 9, 2017 3 NIKKEI VOICE IT'S TIME FOR THE P'C.'S SPRING CAMPAIGN

included the choice to pay the surcharge - and we thank all he's a lifetime member now), and led Tom to donate to the of you who've made that choice! Spring Campaign every year. By Gil Asakawa I want to first publicly thank Tsutomu "Tom" Ige, who If the Pacific Citizen is as valuable to you as it has been to contacted the Pacific Citizen and has committed to give people like Tom, please consider donating to keep the P.e. 'm proud to be on my second stint as the Pacific Citizen's the P.e. an extremely generous gift - he's asked us not to healthy for the future. This biennium will be a critical test Editorial Board Chair - I served in the position for two reveal the amount - that gives us a serious head start on for the newspaper - the $17 membership renewal surcharge I terms in the last decade. I love the P.e. I'm proud of the the Spring Campaign this year. Tom was a longtime JACL is only approved for two years. By the end of the biennium, P.e., and I am happy to be an advocate for it. member when he lived in the San Jose area; he now lives in we'll need to have a real, doable plan in place to go as far That's why I'm pleased to announce the 2017 P.e. Spring Southern California and has been a nonmember P.e. subsc• into the digital realm as possible and cut back on the print Campaign. During my last term as P.e. Editorial Board chair, riber. He contacted Steve Okamoto, who coordinates large editions or find other ways to reduce the cost of the P.e. and the Spring Campaign was started as a way to raise funds gifts to JACL, to facilitate his donation. still deliver the journalism you've come to rel y on. to offset National JACL's budget woes. With your direct Tom has gi ven to the P.e. for the Spring Campaign So, we're building for the future with the gifts you provide support, the P.e. staff was able to purchase much-needed ever since it began. The P.e. staff may use his gift now to for this year's Spring Campaign. The funds you donate will equipment like new computers and professional-quality underwrite articles and other content. You'll see his name 100 percent go toward keeping the quality of the P.e. up, but cameras. The Spring Campaign eventually allowed the P.e. whenever we thank him for his contribution. also prepare the P.e. for the next phase of its future. to hire a reporter when the national budget cut the position. I would love it if you, dear reader, follow Tom Ige's examp• Please follow Tom's lead. We thank you. Really. The Spring Campaign funds have become an important le and commit to a gift for the Pacific Citizen to help our To donate to the Spring Campaign, fill out the coupon part of keeping the Pacific Citizen going. And now, with the hard-working staff (which has been working with one editor included in this newspaper or gi ve directly on the P.C.'s added mission of raising the funds to keep printing the paper short since last summer). Make it $20, $100, $200, $1,000 website at www.pacificcitizen.org. version of the P.e., the campaign will add to the amount that or more. It will not be wasted. It will go toward maintaining will be designated from those of you who opt to pay the extra the quality coverage of JACL and Asian American issues Gil Asakawa is the chair of the Editorial Board of $17 for your membership. That surcharge was approved at that have helped you keep up with news that isn't covered in the Pacific Citizen and the author of "Being Japanese the JACL National Convention last summer in Las Vegas, mainstream media It's the kind of journalism that led Tom American" (second edition Stone Bridge Press, 2015). and new memberships and renewals starting January have Ige to get the P.e. as a nonmember subscriber (don't worry, He blogs at www.nikkeiview.com.

LEGAL-EASE: AN ATTORNEY'S PERSPECTIVE HOW SHOULD I HOLD TITLE TO MY REAL PROPERTY?

By Staci Yamashita-1ida, Esq. hi s right, title and interest to the property, thus confirming The No. 1 benefit to joint tenancy is that it offers right of that both spouses intended the property to be Wanda's alone. survivorship. This means that upon Sister Yamamoto's dea• or the past few months, my fiance and I have Tenants in Common th, Brother Yamamoto automatically absorbs her share, thus spent our weekends house hunting. When we got When two or more people take title to a property - owning 100 percent of the property. The right of survivor• particularly close to buying a home a couple of weeks P especially if they are not married to each other - they ship is extremely beneficial because it allows property to be ago, our escrow officer asked us, "Have you two thought often become tenants in common. This typically occurs conveyed to the other joint tenant(s) without having to go about how you'd like to take title to the property?" when siblings, friends or real estate investors purchase through probate - a lengthy, expensive legal process. In our careers as a CPA and an attorney, my fiance and I property together. A restriction to joint tenancy, however, is that all joint have become familiar with the basics of real property law As tenants must acquire title at the same time. So, let's say The main advantage to being a tenant in common is that we discussed the escrow officer's question, I realized that, if the co-owners do not have to own equal shares of the pro• Sister Yamamoto and Brother Yamamoto bought a property not for our professions, we would be clueless on the subject. perty. For example, Sister Yamamoto can own 65 percent as joint tenants in 2012. Five years later, Sister Yamamoto In the overall context of purchasing a home, the manner in and Brother Yamamoto can own 35 percent. Since Brother decides to transfer her 50 percent interest to her daughter. which you take title seems like such a minor, trivial detail. Yamamoto owns an undivided share, he has the flexibility to Since her daughter and Brother Yamamoto did not acquire Yet, the truth is that it can significantly affect your rights as sell or transfer his interest to whomever he wants. the title at the same time (Brother Yamamoto acquired title an owner during your lifetime and upon your death. The ability to freely assign one's interest, however, can also in 2012; daughter acquired title in 2017), joint tenancy is bro• The best way to hold title in your real property depends on be a di sadvantage. In the scenario above, let's say Brother ken. If ajoint tenant decides to transfer his or her share, then your situation. This article provides an overview of the fi ve Yamamoto gets very sick and decides to transfer his 35 per• title automatically reverts to tenants in common. most common ways to take title and discusses the pros and cent interest in the property to his girlfriend, Crazy Carla, For married couples, joint tenancy bears an additional cons of each. before he dies. As a result, Sister Yamamoto winds up co• disadvantage. Valuable tax benefits are missed out on by Sole Ownership owning the property with Crazy Carla, a virtual stranger choosing joint tenancy over community property with right Sole ownership usually presents itself in one of two ways. whom she never really got along with. of survivorship, a concept di scussed below First, it occurs for single, divorced or widowed individuals. Another drawback to tenancy in common is that there is no Community Property With Right of Survivorship So, if Ben Bachelor wants to purchase an apartment, he "right of survivorship," a concept I'll di scuss below In short, In community property states (such as California), mar• would take title as "Ben Bachelor, a single man." if a tenant in common dies, then his or her interest will be ried couples and domestic partners have the opportunity to Second, sole ownership applies for married individuals subject to probate. take title as community property with right of survivorship or domestic partners who want to take title in his or her Joint Tenancy (CPWROS). CPWROS shares many of the characteristics of own name alone. For example, if Wanda Wife inherits her joint tenancy (equal ownership and right of survivorship) - Joint tenancy occurs when two or more people (spouses, mother's home and it was her mother's wi sh that the property family members, friends, etc.) want to own an equal share the added bonus is that there may be several tax benefits that remain in the family, then Wanda would take title as "Wanda of the property - e.g. , Sister Yamamoto and Brother only CPWROS offers. Wife, a married woman as her sole and separate property." Yamamoto each own 50 percent. Wanda's husband would likely sign paperwork to disclaim » See PROPERTY on page 9 4 Feb. 24-March 9. 2017 NATIONAL/COMMENTARY PACIFIC " CITIZEN

PHOTO: SUSAN YOKOYAMA JACL NATIONAL BOARD CONVENES TO JACL National Board [ DISCUSS 2017 PROGRESS

he JACL National Board More than $18,000 in commissions convened in San Francisco on was earned by JACL chapters. TFeb. 11 to discuss its current Discussions also centered around state of affairs, as well as recognize the ongoing efforts between JACL contributions of Interim Executive Di• National Secretary/Treasurer Alan rector/Midwest Regional Director Bill Nishi, P.e. Business Manager Susan Yoshino, who will be retiring in March Yokoyama and JACL Business Mana• after more than 30 years withJACL. ger Matthew Walters to collectively « JACL National President Gary Mayeda (Jeft) and Interim In his report, National President unify reporting practices by the P.e. Executive Director and Midwest Regional Director Bill Yoshino Gary Mayeda summarized that and National JACL. JACL has been involved in numerous Asakawa also announced the activities since July's National P.C.'s intention to hire a new di• Convention. Foremost among them gital content editor in the coming is the 75th anniversary of E.O. 9066. weeks to shore up its staffing and JACL's sponsorship of the new vacancy. Smithsonian Museum of American Nishi reported that the JACL's History exhibition. reserve fund is $298,000, and his Mayeda also officially welcomed primary concerns for 2017 are new NCWNP District Governor Ca• accurate budget revenue projec• rol Kawase and PSW District Gover• tions for P.C. revenue, investment District Governor nor Marissa Kitazawa. income and fundraising. Kawase reads an official proclama• Meeting highlights included JACL's VP Membership Colleen Mo• tion from her district to Bill Yoshino succes sful implementation of the new rimoto summarized that mem• in recognition of his more than 30 "Youth Legacy Project," funded by bership was down 2.2 percent in years of dedicated service to JACL. the National Park Service, which 2016; however, compared to pre• sends two groups of 20 students each vious years of more than 5 per• year to Manzanar and Los Angeles' cent, that figure remains hopeful. "I remember that during the cour• Little Tokyo to learn about the incar• And VP Planning and Development se of the redress effort ... I couldn't The JACL National Board convened at JACL ceration experience. This year's trips Matthew Farrells announced that a think of anything that was more im• headquarters in San Francisco on Feb. 11. Pic• are set for July and August. new fundraising campaign to gene• portant to be involved in, and it re• tured (front row, from Jeft) are Gary Mayeda, P.C. Editorial Board Chair Gil Asa• rate $1 million within the next three mains the single highlight of many," Matthew Farrells, Roberta Barton, Alan Nishi, kawa reported that actual P.C. reve• years will launch at July's National said Yoshino. "It's been a social jus• Jeffrey Moy and (standing, from Jeft) Janet Ko• nue for the year ending 2016 totaled Convention in Washington, D.C. tice mission, and it has never disap• moto, Michelle Amano, Michelle Yoshida, Shel• $322,606. The Holiday Issue gene• National Staff then recognized pointed me in trying to achieve that. don Arakaki, Betsy Sato, Carol Kawase, Colleen rated $64,740, up $2,000 over 2015. Yoshino's invaluable contributions. So thank you." • Morimoto, Marissa Kitazawa and Gil Asakawa. REIMAGINE EVERYTHING LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER?

experiment, to explore, to change and to grow, and by doing to four hours a week. Volunteers usually work out a regular so, to help create the good." schedule of availability, but some prefer to be available to fill AARP launched the website www.createthegood.org to in as needed. ByRon Mori offer people a wide range of tools and resources for serv• And AARP volunteers receive specialized training to he old course of life where your "retirement" years ing their communities. In addition to opportunities for vol• develop the skills they'll need to work with AARP mem• meant slowing down until you stopped altogether unteering with AARP, you can search for a host of volunteer bers and the community at large. Many volunteers tell us T - those days are gone. Good riddance! Today's opportunities with other organizations in your zip code. that they also learn a lot from working with other dedicated "retirees" don't want to be limited, labeled or defined by "Create The Good" also is broadening horizons in volun• professionals and volunteers. For some, volunteering at what they can't do. The want to grow, learn and discover teering by creating, for example, opportunities for people to AARP has even lead to a new career. what they can do. connect through online groups and social media channels Some of our most successful volunteer activities and At AARP, we were a little surprised but very happy to dis• such as Facebook and Twitter. programs have included: cover through our research that the desire of our elders these Volunteering has many positive benefits. • AARP's Advocacy and education campaigns around days to be involved and contribute their time to our commu• There is mounting scientific evidence that volunteering critical state and federal legislation nities is as strong, or maybe even stronger, than that of prior can even lead to better health and happiness. That's right. • Our Tax-Aide program, which provides free tax prepara• generations. But - and this is a big "but" - they have time A Journal of Gerontology study, for example, found that tion and filing constraints and other commitments that many of their elders older adults who volunteer report higher levels of well-being. • The Driver Safety Program, which focuses on helping never had. And this positive effect was reported across the lines of race, older adults refresh their driving skills To ensure that we would retain the capability to recruit gender and levels of income. • Our Senior Community Service Employment Program, even greater numbers of 50-plus volunteers for AARP and A Vanderbilt University study also found that volunteer which helps older adults find jobs for many other causes, we launched "Create The Good," an work enhances our well-being in a variety of ways, includ• • AARP's educator community activities, which help initiative that makes opportunities to volunteer even more ing happiness, self-esteem, our sense of control over life, children throughout the country flexible and accessible. Our mantra is, "Whether you have physical health and relief from depression. Volunteering So, at AARP, your experience really does matter. 5 minutes, 5 hours or 5 days," there are many ways you can clearly helps people maintain their independence, dignity Please check out www.createthegood.org. make a difference. and purpose. The name "Create The Good" was inspired by a quote AARP itself offers a broad range of volunteer opportuni• Ron Mori is co-president of the Washington, D.C.,JACL from our founder, Dr. Andrus, who said: ties. Each volunteer is free to choose how much time he or chapter and manager of community, states and national "The challenge is to live up to our better selves, to she would like to give. Most individuals volunteer from two affairs - multicultural leadership for AARP. PACIFIC e CITIZEN NATIONAL/IN-DEPTH Feb. 24-March 9. 2017 5 'RIGHTING A WRONG' IS IMPORTANli SEE FOR MANY REASONS By Gary Mayeda~ Mark Terasaki from the Terasaki Foundation; JACL National President Congresswoman Doris Matsui; Congress• t~nexclu- woman Mazie Hirono; Ambassador Kenichi• A Slve event ro Sasae and myself, representing JACL. at the Each speaker had a powerful message of Smithsonian Mu• strength and courage that was exhibited by seum of American all Japanese Americans that were forcibly re• History on Feb. moved from their homes, and each thanked 16 in Washington, the Smithsonian for taking the time to as• D.C., JACLers semble the powerful and incredibly moving were treated to ex• exhibit. Each reveled about the coincidental perience the pre• timing of the exhibit and its relation to current opening of the new events - society needs this educational ex• those lives because of EO. 9066 and World photo of President Ronald Reagan signing the exhi bit "Righting a hibit now more than ever. The theme "Never War II. Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War Again" is repeatedly echoed. At the center of the exhibit is a large three• This exhibit is filled with emotions II," which officially opened on the 75th an• Attendees were treated to displays of arti• panel display, well lit in a glass cube, with directly relatable to both those incarcerated niversary of the signing of Executive Order facts that were donated by families that were typewritten words and a signature at the end. and the generations of descendants that fol• 9066. incarcerated. We saw sports items such as golf This was THE Executive Order 9066. lowed. Exactly 30 years ago, the Smithsonian The evening opened with a taiko perfor• clubs and baseball mitts. Suitcases made of EO. 9066 put my father, grandmother, celebrated our nation's bicentennial and mance that captivated attendees' attention to woven natural fibers were delicately on dis• uncles and aunt in America's concentration showcased our constitution in an exhibition the stage, setting the tone of the event with the play. These items are so real - one wants to camps. One can't help but stare and wonder called "A More Perfect Union." familiar sounds that every JapaneseAmerican touch them and make a physical connection the power of how these three pieces of paper The Japanese American internment was the connects with. JACL was one of many orga• to someone's past, but they are all properly created such a stain on America's history. example of when eight of the 10 Bill of Rights nizations that sponsored this exhibit over the protected under glass. The exhibit continues to show where the was blatantly ignored. "Righting a Wrong: course of the past two years, in addition to The actual exhi bit expands to several rooms camps were and what camp life was like. One Japanese Americans and World War II" is an the Terasaki Foundation, AARP and the and is filled with photos and messages that can read each fascinating panel and see names emotional and educational experience that Japanese Embassy. we, as a community, have long desired the and photos - I'm sure there are several, if not everyone should experience. Ceremony speakers included David world to know about. It tells the story of how more, that are recognizable! This exhibit will be a showcase for Skorton, first secretary of the Smithson• 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent were It shows how our community developed its everyone that attends this summer's JACL ian Institution; John Gray, director of the uprooted from their homes and livelihoods resilience and, 40 years later, used this resil• National Convention, which is set for July 6-8 National Museum of American History; and the four-year journey that forever defined ienceto supportH.R. 442. At the end is a large in Washington, D.C. •

ber and honor those who kept their faith in DAY OF RECOMMITMENT America, even in the most difficult times. EO. 9066 tried to deny Japanese Americans By Gerald Yamada~ Contributor their rights as citizens by labeling them as "nonaliens," taking their property without eb. 19, 2017, is the 75th anniversary just compensation and imprisoning them in of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's America's concentration camps without due F signing of Executive Order 9066, process. which authorized the military to evacuate Yet, no person of Japanese ancestry, persons of Japanese ancestry from the west• residing within the US., was ever convicted ern states during World War II. Although of espionage or sabotage against the US. Feb. 19 is generally referred to as a "Day of during World War II. Remembrance," I believe that this year's an• Most of those who suffered under EO. niversary should be broadened by commem• 9066 refused to relinquish their faith in orating it as a "Day of Recommitment" for America or their belief that America could the purpose of motivating a new generation offer a better life. They persevered in to preserve the legacy created by those who believing that their rights and freedoms suffered under the prejudice and hysteria would be restored. sanctioned by EO. 9066. Some answered the call to serve while The funeral of Katsumi Yamada, taken in 1943 at Jerome WRA Authority, I suggest three steps for us to follow to re• their family and friends were still impris• Ark. Katsumi's father, Ted Yamada, is pictured (fourth from the right) in the commit toward preserving the legacy left by oned behind barbed wire, guarded by armed front row. Grandfather and Grandmother Nitta are next to him, along with those whose lives were altered by EO. 9066. US. soldiers. The Nisei soldiers served with other internees who were evacuated from Florin, Calif. Missing from the 1. Share the Family~s Story - When valor and distinction in defending America. photo is Katsumi's mother, who was still recovering from child birth. Today, discussing how we or our families were The third lesson is the greatness of Ameri• Katsumi and his parents rest together in Lodi, Calif. affected by EO. 9066, it is more meaning• ca in its willingness to admit its wrongs and ful if we are able to relate to our family's make amends for EO. 9066. EO. 9066 was story, both the bad and the good. My parents concentration camps. 2. Articulate the Lessons Learned - a product of failed political leadership. This suffered a tragic, personal loss. When my For his act of kindness, Mr. Fletcher in• When discussing EO. 9066 and its impacts, record was set straight by two governmental parents arrived at the Jerome War Reloca• curred the racial resentment of his neigh• I have pointed to three lessons that we should actions. tion Authority Center, my mother was preg• bors and had to give up the security of his always remember. First, EO. 9066 is an ex• EO. 9066 was revoked by President nant. Shortly after my parents arrived, their state job. When my grandparents returned to ample of racial profiling - a governmental Gerald Ford on Feb. 19, 1976. Congress first child, Katsumi, was stillborn. Florin, they were able to retake possession of policy based solely on ethnicity to deprive a passed, then President Ronald Reagan We need also to credit good deeds. My ma• their farm without any problems. group of its constitutional rights. signed into law the Civil Liberties Act of ternal grandparents' farm in Florin, Calif., To our family, Mr. Fletcher represented EO. 9066 taught us to guard against such 1988 (aka Redress) that apologized for the was one of three farms that was protected the basic decency that should have been discriminatory governmental policies and unjust imprisonment of persons of Japanese by Mr. Bob Fletcher while the three families shown by Americans who were otherwise so actions aimed at denying basic rights and ancestry during World War II and awarded - Tsukamoto, Okamoto and Nitta - were blindly driven by their prejudice, hatred and freedoms. redress payments. evacuated and imprisoned in America's political ambition. The second lesson is that we must remem- » See DAY on page 12 6 Feb. 24-March 9, 2017 IN-DEPTH PACIFIC" CITIZEN 'RIGHTING AWRONG' The Smithsonian Honors the Legacy of Japanese Americans at Its National Museum of American History on the 75th Anniversary of E.O. 9066

carceration experience," Jones said. "A baby bracelet helps us show the stories of the cycle of life inside the camps, and more personal family photographs give the visitor a more intimate way to connect with this history. Continued Jones: "When families donate materials such as the Medal of Honor award• ed posthumously to Joe Nishimoto, who vol• unteered to serve with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team after being incarcerated in the camp at Jerome in Arkansas, to the national The Japanese American incarceration has a bigger impact through the many artifacts that were donated to the collections, we are able to preserve these for Smithsonian National Museum of American History. On display are Junwo "Jimmy" Yamashita's coat, which he wore while serving as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Distinguished Service Cross belonging to Pvt. 1st Class future generations of scholars and historians Joe M. Nishimoto, who was killed in action in 1944 near La Houssiere, France. Nishimoto volunteered to serve with the 442nd and make these collections accessible on the R.C.T. after first being held at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. His award was upgraded to a Medal of Honor in 2000 after a review web through digitization. to identify service members who had been underrecognized because of prejudice. "As the National Museum of American History, we hope that visitors to the mu• seum, including the younger generations, By Patti Hirahara, tory. It will remain open until Feb. 19, 2018. ian's American Library Association's travel• learn about the past and make connections Contributor Feb. 19 marked the 75th anniversary of ing exhibition from 1995-99 and served as to the stories of people who were often the E.o. 9066, which Roosevelt signed just two exhibit curator of its "A More Perfect Union" same age as they are, and to engage in the rior to the establishment of the months after Japan's attack on Pearl Har• online site, which debuted in 2001. dialogue about what it would be like if this Japanese American National Museum bor. The order resulted in the imprisonment "Having worked on 'A More Perfect Union' happened to them. Connecting with youth P in Los Angeles in 1992, the most fa• of 75,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry exhibit in 1987 and now having curated this through objects and stories of individuals mous history museum in the United States, and 45,000 Japanese immigrants who were new exhibition 'Righting a Wrong: Japanese who were youth when they were incarcerated the Smithsonian's National Museum of prohibited by law from becoming natural• Americans and World War II,' I have found gives them something to relate to and helps American History in Washington, DC, hon• ized American citizens. Abruptly stripped that collecting new objects for this exhibit them understand the history of the Japanese ored the history of Japanese Americans in its of their homes, livelihoods and belongings, has allowed us to tell more personal stories American community during World War II," exhibition "A More Perfect Union: Japanese more than 120,000 individuals were housed in the broader context of the history of the in- Jones added. Americans and the U. S. Constitution," which in 10 large, barbed-wire-enclosed incarcera• PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION remained open for more than 16 years from tion camps and dozens of other installations Oct. 1, 1987-Jan. 11, 2004. scattered throughout desolate landscapes in This original exhibit, created as part of the the U. S. from March 1942-March 1946. celebration of the Bicentennial of the U. S. More than 40 years later, the U. S. Congress Constitution in 1987, was the first time that formally recognized that the rights of the the National Museum of American History Japanese American community had been vi• had ever done an exhibition about Japanese olated, resulting in the signing ofHR. 442 by Americans. President Ronald Reagan. HR. 442, known Now, 12 years later, the National Museum as the "Civil Liberties Act of 1988," provid• of American History has opened "Righting a ed an apology and restitution of $20,000 to Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War those living Japanese Americans who were II," a yearlong exhibition about Executive incarcerated during World War II. Order 9066, the document signed in 1942 by Work in opening the "Righting a Wrong" President Franklin D Roosevelt that shaped exhibit began in 2015. The museum's Japa• the lives of Japanese Americans during the nese American history specialist, Noriko war and beyond. Sanefuji, began the process of searching Present at the museum's opening reception were (from left) John Gray, director of This unique exhibition, which opened offi• for artifacts and documents from across the National Museum of American History; Nobuko Sasae and the Hon. Kenichiro cially on Feb. l7 in the Albert H Small Docu• the country under the leadership of Project Sasae, ambassador of Japan to the United States; Sen. Mazie Hirono; Dr. Keith ments Gallery, combines original artifacts, Director Jennifer Locke Jones. Jones had Terasaki, chairman of the Terasaki Family Foundation; Congresswoman Doris Matsui; Dr. David Skorton, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and Gary photographs and historical information from worked on the original "A More Perfect Mayeda, national president of the JACL. one of the darkest periods in American his- Union" exhibition, as well as the Smithson- PACIFIC ~ CITIZEN IN-DEPTH Feb. 24-March 9. 2017 7

PHOTOS: PATTI HIRAHARA « In this photo, taken in 2015, Noriko Sanefuji admires a Sakahara Family heirloom that was worn by David Perley's mother, LOiS, in Heart Mountain. Perley's grandfather, Dan Sakahara, was president of the Puyallup Valley JACL in 1937 and '38, and the Sakahara family spent time in Tule Lake and Heart Mountain during WWII. The pink crocheted dress has become part of the permanent collections of Japanese American history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and is on display in the exhibition.

Marlene Shigekawa's baby identification bracelet from Poston

"I would hope it would in• spire them to dig deeper into these stories and to ask ques• tions about our past - so that as Americans we can reflect upon this time in American history and how it shapes us as Artifacts that showed life in the incarceration camps. The Smithsonian exhibition Americans. It's only through will run through Feb. 19, 2018. our collections that we can tell a more complete story," Jones concluded. Noted Sanefuji: "Several years ago, our team noted the AMERICAN HOLIDAY TRAVEL upcoming 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 2017 TOUR SCHEDULE 9066, and we were pleased to Japan Spring Countryside Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) ...... Apr 14-24 hear from Priscilla Ouchida, Executive Order 9066 is on display courtesy of the Tokyo, Nagano, Sado Island, Niigata, Sakata/Shonai, Yamagata, in her capacity as the execu• National Archives and Records Administration. Aizu Wakamatsu, Ashikaga. tive director of the JACL, that there was interest and support Ireland Holiday Tour (Elaine Ishida)...... May 1-10 Dublin, Waterford, Blarney Stone, Killarney, Limerick, Galway, Kingscourt. from the community to mark this anniver• this document shaped the lives of Japanese sary. This would allow us to connect with Americans during World War II and how it China-Yangtze River-Hong Kong Holiday Tour (Carol Hida). . . . . May 14-29 additional collecting opportunities, across continues to resonate throughout the country Beijing, Yangtze River Cruise, Xian, Shanghai, Hong Kong. the country, to expand upon the stories that today. Grandparent-Grandchildren Japan Tour (Ernest Hida) WAITLIST Jun 26-Jul 5 we can tell here at the museum. It has been a "It is through the personal artifacts and Tokyo, Hakone, Atami, Hiroshima, Kyoto. fascinating journey to meet people from all photographs on view that our visitors will Yellowstone-Tetons National Parks Tour (Elaine Ishida)...... Ju17-14 over the nation, with each one of them hav• be able to understand the individual stories Salt Lake City, Jackson Hole, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Park City. ing a unique story to tell. I wanted to make and experiences of Japanese Americans dur• Hokkaido Summer Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) ...... Ju117-30 sure we offered these different perspectives ing this time period," said National Museum under a prism of shared experience through of American History Director John Gray. Lake Akan, Furano, Asahikawa, Wakkanai, Sapporo, Lake Toya, powerful objects. I do believe the objects "We are grateful to the former detainees and Hakodate, Tokyo. speak for themselves." their descendants for sharing these objects So. Dakota-Mt. Rushmore Tour (Elaine Ishida)...... Aug 25-31 Leslie Soule, a representative from the with the nation to illuminate this complex Rapid City, Mt. Rushmore, Custer State Park, Black Hills, Badlands. Puyallup Valley Chapter of JACL, was history." Eastern Canada Holiday Tour (Carol Hida)...... Sep 6-14 present at the opening and gave her own Through the National Museum of Ameri• Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls. perspective on the exhibition. can History's Japanese American History Classical Japan Autumn Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) ...... Oct 5-16 "Thank you to all the donors and the Initiative, it hopes to ensure that the stories Smithsonian for making this exhibit pos• and objects of Japanese Americans are pre• Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Gifu, Hiroshima, Kyoto. sible," she said. ''As I walked through the served for future generations. The museum Japan Autumn Countryside Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida)...... Oct 19-29 exhibit and listened to school children react, receives more than 3 million visitors per year Tokyo, Sado Island, Kanazawa, Amanohashidate, Tottori, Matsue, it became clear that the stories told through and millions more online. Tamatsukuri Onsen, Hiroshima. artifacts from camp were not merely indi• The Smithsonian is open daily from New Orleans & Deep South Holiday Tour (Elaine Ishida) ...... Nov 5-12 viduals' stories. Nor were they solely part 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., except Dec. 25. New Orleans, Natchez, Lafayette. of the Japanese American story, but they Visitors may check the website for updates So. America Patagonia-Easter Island Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) . . Nov 7-22 were America's stories. By remembering the and special holiday or summer hours (http:// past, however painful, you have given future americanhistory .si .edu/visit/hours). Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, Calafate(Perito Moreno Glacier), generations lessons in how to 'form a more "Righting a Wrong: Japanese Ameri• Paine National Park(Grey Glacier), Punta Arenas, Santiago, Easter Island. perfect union.'" cans and World War II" has been made A key highlight of the new exhibition possible through a donation by the Terasaki For more information and reservations, please contact: is the viewing of the original Executive Family Foundation, as well as the Japanese Order 9066 document, which is on loan American Citizens League and AARP. from the National Archives and Records AMERICAN HOLIDAY TRAVEL Administration. For additional information about the 312 E. 1st Street, Suite 330 * Los Angeles, CA 90012 Currently, the museum is displaying the Japanese American camps and the mu• Tel: (213)625-2232 * Email: [email protected] first page of Roosevelt's original executive seum's collection, the public may visit (CST #200326-10) Ernest or Carol Hida order - during the run of the exhibition, all http://s .si.eduIJapaneseCampsWWII and Elaine Ishida (Tel: 714-269-4534) three pages of the original document will be http://amhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/ on display. The museum clearly depicts how experiencelindex.html. 8 Feb. 24-March 9, 2017 IN-DEPTH PACIFIC" CITIZEN

PHOTO: HELEN YOSH DA THE TIES THAT BIND The 2017 Smithsonian Day of Remembrance bridges experiences of incarcerees and youth as well as highlights the relevance of the World War II Japanese American experience

By Helenl'osilida, Contdbator (From Jeft) Mary Murakami, Carolyn Hoover, Takashi Hoshizaki, Connor Yu, Sam Mihara, Reed leventis, s Americans today. we need to Shig Yabu, Halle Sousa and Karen Ishizuka during the Smithsonian Day of Remembrance at the keep telling these stories to make National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. 'A our country better." said Reed Leventis. a junior at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Md. , on the World War II "I was at a movie theater three blocks away "No. When my citizenship rights are restored ment site into her project. Japanese American incarceration experience. from my house [in San Francisco], and when and land-owning rights must be cleared" to "When I found out about this project, it was Leventis was one of the National Japanese I came out, the newspaper headlines said, Question 27 on the War Relocation Author• something tllat I knew I had to take part in. American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF) 'Japanese Bombed Pearl Harbor,'" recalled ity's "Statement of United States Citizen of Looking at footage and photographs after my di gital storytelling students that spoke along• Mihara when asked how he found out about Japanese Ancestry" questionnaire - which internship and incorporating them inln this side Heart Mountain and Topaz incarcerees the infamous attack on American soiL asked if he was willing In fi ght in the U.S. story was one of tl,e most rewarding things about the importance of this hi story at the "I knew that whatever happened In us, Anm ed Forces - and "Yes" to Question 28 I' ve done in my life," Sousa said. Day of Remembrance program on Feb. 19, I wanted to further my education," said - whi ch asked if he swore "unqualified alle• Yu, now ajunior at Georgelnwn Day School held at the Smithsonian National Museum of Murakami, who felt it was challenging to giance" to the U.S. and "foreswear any form in Washington, D.C., reflected on the im• American Hi story. attend hi gh school in Topaz. In 1945, she was of al legiance or obedience to the Japanese portance of this part of American history on On the 75th anni versary of Executi ve Or• part of a group of 50 Japanese Americans Emperor, or any other foreign government, current events. der 9066 - which forcibly removed nearly who attended the University of California, power or organi zation" - Hoshizaki took a " Before, I was always kind of confused. I 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry from the Berkeley, thus paving the way for others to stand for what he believed in. thought, 'Why spend an hour talking about West Coast into 10 camps across seven states enroll in the UC system, too. Although tlle resisters tried to right a grave hiStOlY? How does this affect us now?' Now, - five NJAMF student films on Amache, Yabu regaled everyone with humorous and wrong from within, they were all tried at I've seen that we have to fight to make sure Heart Mountain, Manzanar, Poston and To• positive memories of Heart MOlllltain, in• the Cheyenne federal courthouse in June a mistake like that shouldn't happen again," paz debuted on the museum's national stage. cluding how he won his first fist fight when he 1944 and sentenced to three years in prison. Yu said. Leventis, Carolyn Hoover, Halle Sousa and arrived at camp and how he adopted an aban• It still remains tlle largest mass trial in NJAMF anticipates recruiting five more Connor Yu then joined Takashi Hoshizaki, doned baby Magpie. Named Maggie, the bird Wyoming hi story. hi gh school students to tell the stories of Sam Mihara, Mary Murakami and Shig Yabu was a fixture in the community, oftenmimick• "You captured this story very well," Hoshiza• the remaining camps -Gila Ri ver, Jerome, for a panel di scussion with Karen Ishizuka, ing sounds and words heard in the camp. ki said to Yu, who featured the resister in his Minidoka, Rohwer and Tule Lake - this author, filmmaker and fonmer senior staff "Her favorite was the wolf call," he said, to digital story on Heart Mountain. year. Upon completion of all 10 stOli es, the member at the Japanese American National much laughter. NJAMF, who partnered with the HeaJt foundation will then upload them to a mobile Museum. Hoshizaki brought a different perspec• Mountai n Wyoming Foundation on this proj• appli cation that will be used by visitors to the More than 420 people listened to the ti ve to the conversation. At 17 years old, he ect, sponsored five students to participate in a Memorial. The stories will also become the incarcerees as they shared their recollections was one of 63 Heart Mountain resisters who Digital Storytelling Workshop led by Emmy heart of an interacti ve companion website that of the attack on Pearl Harbor and life behind refused to fight in the U.S. military until his Award-winning producer Jeff MacIntyre and will tie back to each of the confinement sites' barbed wire. ci vii rights were restored. When he answered, teaching assistants Hana Maruyama and Van• websites; space will be created for those sites essa Saito Yuille at the 2016 Heart Mountain that do not have a website. NJAMF's efforts Pilgrimage. Their stories, which were aired today will help preserve the stories of incar• at the Pi lgrimage banquet dinner, not only cerees such as Hoshizaki, Mihara, Murakami strengthen the connection between visitors and Yabu for future generations. In the D.C. Memori al and the camps but al so The SmitllSonian DOR event was held connect the camps to tlle nation's capital and in conjunction with the opening of the new inspire people to experi ence the original sites yearlong exhibit "Righting a Wrong: Japa• themsel ves. nese Americans and World War II" at the Na• ''The hardest part [of the project] was try• tional Museum of American Hislnry, whi ch ing to mai ntai n the honesty and accuracy of features Executi ve Order 9066 al ong with the experience," said Hoover on her di gital various camp artifacts. Given today's politi• stOlY about Topaz. A 2016 graduate of Walt cal climate, the exhibit, the students' digital Whittnan High School in Bethesda, Md., she stones and the first-hand experiences from is now a freshman at Duke University. "Pre• incarcerees resonated with everyone. serving, maintaining and honoring what my "No one will remember history if people grandparents left behind - that's what's im• don't want to tell it," said Sousa, whose portant to me." She interviewed Murakami, grandparents were incarcerated atAmache. her grandin other, as part of her story on Topaz. Her words ring true. (From Jeft) Shig Yabu, Halle Sousa, Connor Yu, Takashi Hoshizaki, Shirley Sousa, a senior at Notre Dame High School Seventy-five years later, the aftermath of Ann Higuchi, Reed leventis, Carolyn Hoover and Beth Kelley during the in San Jose, Calif. , explained what drew her E.o. 9066 still matters today. With initiatives Smithsonian Day of Remembrance at the National Museum of American to creating a digital story and how she wove like the digital storytelling project, whi ch History her archeology internshi p experience with the binds this important history In Inday, it is Uni versity of Denver at the Amache confine- hoped that this never happens again. • PACIFIC e CITIZEN IN-DEPTH Feb. 24-March 9. 2017 9 PHOTOS : ROB BUSCHER My Hibaachan shortly before she moved to the U.S.

sons and grandsons THE MIXED-RACE EXPERIENCE TWO GENERATIONS ON

By Rob Buscher, ness. In fact, it was perhaps because of her kitchen knives and other sharp implements spoken by his children. Contributor mixed ancestry that led to such a close bond out of fear that her husband would commit More importantly, however, by marrying between them - my mother endeavoring seppuku. my grandfather, Obaachan had realized her rowing up in a suburban/rural to prove her Japaneseness and Hibaachan My grandparents had their own ordeal own American dream of finding conditional town of 18,000 in Southwest happy to have an eager listener. ahead of them, having to drive through three acceptance in a society that had been openly G Connecticut, our family was both My Obaachan was almost 6 years old when states before they could find a priest willing hostile for most of her life. Why risk spoiling the only Japanese American and interracial Pearl Harbor was bombed. Like most Issei to marry them, building a new life in the un• it by teaching her biracial children things that family in our community. immigrants, her parents were scared of what a familiar state of Washington. would demarcate them as even more different When my mother moved there in the mid- detention period in U.S. custody might mean Old grudges were quickly mended by the than they were already perceived? 1980s, she recalls walking into a diner and for their five young children's futures. successive births of four grandchildren, and Despite her lack of language abilities, my everyone in the restaurant stopped talking It was my great-grandfather whose fore• our mixed-race family became the new nor• Sansei mother is about as JA as they come. and stared at her, as if she was the first Asian sight led our family to flee inland to Utah, mal. As a Nisei who grew up speaking Japa• My sister and I grew up eating ochazuke, inari American they had ever seen. beyond Military Zone 1 and thus avoid the nese at home, my Obaachan chose not to pass zushi and yokan. Our favorite treats were mo• Perhaps for many present that day, she was. incarceration. Life was tough for them during her language onto my mother or her siblings. chi ice cream, Pocky sticks and Botan Rice Like many JAs, our family is mostly located the war years, having to abandon their farm For one thing, it would have been an issue candy. We had a big pot of Koda Farms rice out West in California, Utah and other states and property in California, spending the win• with my grandfather, who did not want a with every meal. in the Pacific Northwest region. After grow• ter of 1942 in a single-room canvas tent on a foreign language he could not understand » See GENERATIONS on page 12 ing up in Denver and attending college at the frozen farm field. The following year, they University of Colorado Boulder, she came were able to move into a storage shed owned to the East Coast for ajob in New York City by the Thorogood family, whose farm they and began commuting from the Connecticut sharecropped for many years. suburbs. Although he passed away before I was TIPS FOR THE WISE CAR BUYER Being half-Japanese in an era when inter• born, my great-grandfather left an indelible racial marriages were still fairly uncommon, impact on our family's identity as a Judo my mother has a kind of quiet resilience about Sensei and founding member of the Judo 1. Before you 2. Makeyour 3. Next call or her. She has certainly experienced her share Association of Utah. of discrimination, living most of her life in Two of his dojos still exist today in the leave home, way to the head over to white majority communities, but that hasn't Salt Lake City suburb of Ogden. In certain visit our Auto dealer and National JACL stopped her from engaging in aspects of our ways, he was a very progressive man, want• culture that keep her firmly rooted within her ing to instill a sense of pride in young JAs by Center at purchase ..-.....-. Credit Union. JA identity. preserving elements of their traditional Her Issei grandmother lived until 2006 to culture at a time when being Japanese was jaclcu.com to your the ripe old age of 96. While her siblings of• synonymous with being the enemy. find the new car. ten teased my mother about being the "white However, it was this traditionalism that my child" because of her lighter complexion and Obaachan rebelled against when she began best brunette hair, Grandma (or Hibaachan as I dating and later married my white grandfa• knew her) never questioned her Japanese- ther. At the time, Hibaachan hid all of the deal.

PROPERTY» continued from page 3 Get a better Trustee of a Trust on you, your family and the co-owners of rate and up One of the fundamental reasons to create the property. To fully understand and plan a living trust is to prevent your assets from for all of the ramifications associated with to $500 cash being probated. To obtain maximum bene• your particular situation - property tax re• fit, confirm that your real property is owned assessment, capital gains tax minimization, you want to back. by the trust (and managed by the trustee). avoidance of probate and estate taxes - Call us to get finance at For example, title would be held as "Pete consult with a qualified California attorney. pre-approved. Purchaser, as Trustee of The Pete Purchaser JACL CU. Revocable Living Trust." Staci Yamashita-lida, Esq., is an Estate Holding title in the name of the trust en• Planning attorney at Elder Law Services compasses many of the advantages already of California. She can be contacted at discussed: probate avoidance, freedom to (310) 348-2995. The opinions expressed transfer to any person or party upon death in this article are the author's own and and increased tax benefits. All that's requi• do not necessarily reflect the view of the red is the establishment of a living trust and Pacific Citizen or jACL. The information 800-544-8828 www.jaclcu.com National JACL presented does not constitute legal advice its proper funding. ~-1!1!111!!!1~ Credit Union How you hold title can have lasting effects and should not be treated as such. 1:E:t'L-E""- ==D---E-R _j,i,/ii,H,itiiFMM!+ 10 Feb. 24-March 9, 2017 CALENDAR PACIFICO CITIZEN

• This event will celebrate and The Journey of Japanese March 19; 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. confinement site in Newell, support the opening of the Lacquer Tools 2025 S.E. Yamhill Calif. It was the only officially NCWNP Topaz Museum. San Diego, CA Come on out and support designated segregation center Info: Contact Berkeley JACL for Thru April 30 Nichiren Buddhist Temple's during WWII and was ruled CAAMFest 2017 more information. Balboa Park annual bazaar. Available under martial law. Through San Francisco, Berkeley and Plaza de Panama for preorder only is the haunting images of artifacts Oakland, CA 1439 E. Prado special Nichiren tonkatsu by fine art photographer March 9-19; various locations The tools of Japanese lacquer bento. Also available will be Hiroshi Watanabe, viewers and times PSW makers are implements of chicken donburi, chow mein, will get a glimpse into the Venues throughout the prolonged use and objects of vegetable chow mein and lives of those who were held remarkable beauty. Come see tofu donburi. Baked goods, at T u Ie Lake. S.F. Bay Area 'Under the Blood Red Sun' this beautiful exhibit first-hand CAAMFest is the nation's Pacoima, CA crafts and much more Info: Visit library.lresno to appreciate the tools, that will be available. state.edu. largest showcase for new March 12; 2 p.m. Info: Contact (510) 235-8292. Asian American and Asian San Fernando Valley Japanese were used to create these works of art. films, annually presenting American Community Center Info: Visit www.mingei.orgmim- approximately 130 works in 12953 Branford SI. Year of Remembrance exhibition/layers-of-brilliance/. San Francisco, Berkeley and Price: Tickets: $10; bento $10 Seattle, WA EDC Oakland, Calif. Since 1982, the (must be ordered by March 7) Thru Feb. 11, 2018 festival has been an important Wing Luke Museum This screening tells the story Japanese Impressions: launching point for Asian of a 13-year-old Japanese 719 S. King SI. Color Woodblock Prints From the American filmmakers as well American boy who faces MDC Inspired by "Glimpses of Rodbell Family Collection as a vital source for new Asian Forever Foreigner," a book of monumental adversity in Williamstown, MA cinema. Hawaii when the Japanese Chicago JACL Inaugural 2017 poems by Lawrence Matsuda Thru April 2 Info: Visit www.caamedia.org. and artwork by Roger bomb Pearl Harbor. Cast Lincolnwood, IL The Clark Art Institute member Chris Tashima will Shimomura, this yearlong March 18; 6:30-9 p.m 225 South SI. Paul Kitagaki Jr. Photo Exhibit exhibit commemorates participate in Q & A following Amron Hall This is the museum's first Independence, CA the screening. Executive Order 9066 6421 Hamlin Ave. exhibition that focuses on Opens early April thru mid-May and features poems by Info: Call Nancy Gohata at Price: Tickets: $30 (includes two its permanent collection of Manzanar National Historic Site (818) 371-8013 or email Matsuda and artwork drink tickets); $20 for students Japanese prints, which span 5001 Hwy395 [email protected]. with 10; prepurchase available by Shimomura, as well more than a century. These Pulitzer Prize-winning as explores historic and Come on out for an evening Japanese color woodblock photojournalist Paul Kitagaki The First Karaoke: Enka! featuring dinner, drinks, contemporary issues of prints represent three Jr. will display his Japanese racism, discrimination Los Angeles, CA dancing and the inauguration generations of artists who American incarceration Thru April 2; Tues.-Fri., Noon-5 and human rights. of JACL board members, as produced prints from the photo series at the MNHS. Info: Visit www.wingluke.org. p.m.; Sat.lSun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; well as a special "thank you" 1830s-1970s. For more than a decade, closed Mondays and holidays to retiring MDC Regional Info: For more information, Kitagaki has searched for Japanese American Cultural and Director Bill Yoshino. visit http://www.clarkarl.edu/ those photographed by Community Center Info: RSVP to Mari Yamagiwa at CCDC Mini-Sites/Japanese-PrintS/ War Relocation Authority George J. Doizaki Gallery (872) 222-9383 or email staff@ Exhibition. photographers - including 244 S. San Pedro SI. jaclchicago.org. Dorothea Lange, Clem Albers, This multichannel media Friends of the Madden Library Turtle Power! Teenage Tom Parker and Francis Talk: Karen Korematsu installation by Bruce 'Roger Shimomura: Mistaken Mutant Ninja Turtles & Stewart - in 1942. He has Yonemoto refreshes the Fresno, CA Identity' Exhibit Samurai Heroes located and rephotographed April 7 original political content SI. Paul, MN Springfield, MA dozens of people, often in of enka songs with Fresno State University Thru March 10; Mon.-Fri.: 10 a.m.- Thru May 14 their historic poses. Henry Madden Library contemporary lyrics to 4 p.m.; Thursdays: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; G.W.V. Smith Art Museum Info: Visit www.nps.gov/manz/. Sal. and Sun.: Noon-4 p.m. 5200 N. Barton Ave. popular enka melodies. 21 Edwards SI. Info: Call (213) 628-2725 or Macalester College, Law Price: Free Price: $18 adults, $12 seniors and Letters From the Camps: Karen Korematsu, the visit www.jaccc.org. Warschaw Gallery students, $9.50 youth 3-17 Voices of Dissent 130 Macalester SI. daughter of Fred Korematsu This unique and imaginative San Francisco, CA - a key figure in a landmark Venice Japanese American Macalester College's Law exhibit brings together original April 27; 6 p.m. Memorial Monument Dedication U.S. Supreme Court Warschaw Gallery, together graphic novel art and the Presidio Officer's Club case that challenged the Los Angeles, CA with the Twin Cities JACL, museum's own collection Moraga Hall April 27; 10-11:30 a.m. constitutionality of Executive present this exhibition from of Japanese art, arms and 50 Moraga Ave. Order 9066 - is holding The N.W. corner of Venice and prolific American artist Roger armor. The museum is In partnership with the a special speaking Lincoln Boulevards Shimomura, which includes also offering special Turtle Presidio Trust and Friends An event commemorating the a range of works on paper engagement, sponsored by Power Saturdays during the of Topaz, the California the Friends of the Madden dedication of the monument from the past 25 years. exhibition, in addition to Historical Society presents at the site where the forced Included are works that draw Library. family activities. this live reading of letters Info: For more information removal of local Japanese upon Shimomura and his Info: For more information, visit from the CHS collection, American residents took place or assistance with physical family's experiences while http://springfieldmuseums.org/ including those written by prior to the incarceration at incarcerated at the Minidoka accommodations, contact Sharon Ramirez at exhibitionS/turtle-power/. Fred Korematsu, Gordon the Manzanar WRA Center Relocation Center in Idaho. (559) 278-5790 or • Hirabayashi and Eiko Fujii. during WWII. The event's This exhibition is presented to email sramirez@ This program also coincides keynote speaker will be recognize the 75th anniversary with the opening of the Warren Furutani, followed by of E.O. 9066. csufresno.edu. Presidio Trust's E.O. 9066 a bento fundraiser at Hama Info: Visit Macalester.edu/gallery ADVERTISE HERE exhibition. Sushi Restaurant. or email [email protected]. Art of Survival: Enduring the Events in the calendar Turmoil of Tule Lake Info: Visit www.my.california Info: Call Phyllis Hayashibara section are listed based on historicalsociety.org. at (310) 390-1576 or email Fresno, CA space availability. Place a [email protected] to Thru April 30 'SpoUight' ad with Confined, But Not Silent: The preorder $20 bento before April Fresno State University photos of your event for Legacy of Topaz Artists and Poets 24; for corporate orders, call PNW Henry Madden Library maximum exposure. San Francisco, CA Esther Chaing at (310) 308-6347 5200 N. Barton Ave. FOR MORE INFO: This traveling exhibition May 6; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. or email [email protected] or Nichiren Buddhist Temple [email protected] 25th Annual Spring Bazaar probes the complexity of Buchanan YMCA visit www.venicejamm.org. (213) 620-1767 1530 Buchanan SI. Portland, OR the Japanese American PACIFIC e CITIZEN OBITUARIES Feb. 24-March 9: 2017 11

Kato; sister-in-law, June (Douglas) band, Jun; children, Mark (Melissa) Jan. 31; she was predeceased Kato; he is also survived by many and Lynn Maeyama; gc: 5. by her husband, Makoto; she is nieces, nephews and other survived by her children, Bruce "MEMORIAM relatives; gc: 2. Miyashiro, Hisako, 90, Los (Julie) and Cynthia (Mike) Run• Angeles, Jan. 8; she is survived yan; brother, Hiroshi Yasuda; she by her children, Sally, Edward and is also survived by many nieces, Hoshiko, Michael Starrson Ernest Miyashiro; sister, Teruko nephews and other relatives; Masanori, 95, Longmont, CO, Sakumoto; she is also survived by gc: 2. Dec. 26; he was predeceased by many nieces, nephews and other his wife, Rose; he is survived by relatives. Peterson, Mieko Marilyn, 77, his children, Cecily "Mitsie" (Dave) San Jose, CA, Jan. 12; as a child, Sample, Sumi Hoshiko and Lance Nagahori, Henry Masayoshi, she and her family were incarcer• (Rebecca) Hoshiko; sisters, Eileen 91, Torrance, CA, Jan. 5; he is ated during WWII at the War Re• Hoshiko and Yuri Goto; gc: 5. survived by his wife, Ami Emiko; location Authority facility at Heart children, Hoke, Lisa (Terry Mountain, WY; she is survived by Ichikawa, Christie, 88, Torrance, Ikemoto), Craig (Sylvia Gomez) her sons, James (Tammy) and CA, Nov. 20; she was prede• and Kurt (Louise Lew) Nagahori; Robert; sisters, Janice, Charlene ceased by her husband, Robert S. siblings, Fred and Harry Nagahori and Karen Yoritsune; gc: 2. Aoyagi-Bernhard, Jody, 38, Al• Ichikawa; she is survived by her Kawahara, George, 52, San and Elsie Watanabe; gc: 5. bany, CA, Dec. 6; she was prede• children, Robert D. (Sally), Ross Jose, CA, Feb. 14; he is survived Somen, Tamiji, 92, Santa Ana, ceased by her father, David; she A. (Lori) and Laura A. Ichikawa; by his parents; sister, Susan Nakatsuka, Itsu, 96, Westlake, CA, Jan. 26; he is survived by is survived by her husband, Kyle; siblings, Doris Sakamoto (Sidney) (Tom); 1 niece and 1 nephew. OH, Feb. 4, she was predeceased his wife, Rosa Hiroko; children, children, Olivia and Miles; mother, and Bill Ozawa (Elaine); gc: 3. Dianne; and sister, Tiffany (Joe). by her husband, Keiji; children, Alan, Bryan and Catherine; in• Kitamura, Miyo 'Alice,' 93, Patricia and Janis; gc: 6; ggc: 1. laws Michiyo, Asako and Miguel Ido, Shizuka Ishikawa, 93, Grimes, CA, Feb. 1; during WWII, Sameshima; and many nieces, Chavez, Yukiko Martha, 76, Los Angeles, Jan. 2; she was she and her family were incarcer• Nakazawa , Yuri Lily, 97; West nephews and other relatives. Lakewood, CO, Feb. 9; she was predeceased by her husband, ated at the Amache War Reloca• Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 14; she is predeceased by her daughter, Joseph Fujio; she is survived tion Authority Center in Colo. She survived by her sons, Paul and Takao, M. George, 77, Torrance, Anita; she is survived by her hus• by her daughter, Kristine (Vern) was predeceased by her husband, John; gc: 4; ggc: 1. CA, Jan. 4; he is survived by his band, Jose; and children, Annette, Chinen; gc: 1. Marc and Ron. William "Bill" Tsutae Kitamura; she son, Brent; siblings, Nancy and is survived by her children, William Nishita, Yuriko, 90, Pleasanton, Leroy; a niece; a nephew; David (Diann), Jon (Sally), Donald CA, Nov. 29; during WWII, she gc: 2. and Kendall; gc: 4; step-gc: 4 and and her family were incarcerated step-ggc: 2. at the Topaz WRA Center in Utah; Tomita, Wayne, 83, San Jose, she was predeceased by her CA, Jan. 24; he is survived by his Kobayashi, Nori, 94, Seattle, husband, Satoru Nishita ("Sat"); siblings, Larry (Michie), Hideko Feb. 7; she is survived by her she is survived by her daughters, Nakasaki (George), Terrie (Fred) sister, Emi Mayeda; 1 nephew Diana (Jeffrey), Jane (Louis), Ann and Phyllis Tomita; he is also and two grandnephews. (Jon), Nancy (Mark) and Patricia; survived by many nieces and gc: 6; ggc: 2. nephews. Koshi, Patricia H., 77, Los An• geles, Feb. 5; she is survived by Oka, Nobuko, 97, Spokane, WA, Tanada, Yoshinori 'Joe,' 98, her husband, Paul; and her three Dec. 31; during WWII, she was Oakland, CA, May 24,2016; born children; gc: 4. incarcerated at the Minidoka WRA in Puuloa, Oahu, he became Iseda, Howard Kho, 89, Santa Center; she was predeceased by professor emeritus of entomology, Clerici, Miyoko, 85, Vista, CA, Monica, CA, Jan. 10; he is Kunishi, Hanayo, 97, Honolulu, her husband, Keith Oka; she is University of California, Berke- Jan. 25; she was predeceased survived by his wife, Minako Jan. 13; she was predeceased survived by her children, Gareth, ley; author of the 1993 textbook by her husband, Arthur; son, "Minnie" Iseda; son, Gerald; by her husband, Arthur Yoshito; Gwain (Darcy) and Lynn (Tom) "Insect Pathology"; he was Thomas; and ggc Anthony; she is siblings, Elizabeth Chieko (Mits) she is survived by her daughters, Dwyer; brother, Masao Koba; instrumental in the development of survived by her children, Ma- Sato and Yasushi Iseda; she is Marilyn, Sharon (Myron) Oie and sister-in-law, Chiyako Oka; she is insect pathology in Japan. rie (Dave) Simpson, Kathleen also survived by many nieces, Carole (Paul) Fujishige; she is also survived by several nieces (James) McCann and Michael; nephews and other relatives. sisters, Teruko Kawasaki, Kimiko also survived by several nieces and nephews; gc: 8. Watanabe, Kinichi Ken, 82, and nephews; gc: 2. Torrance, CA, Dec. 29; he is Wada and Yaeko Tanaka; Ishii, Kimi, 93, Los Angeles, Okai, Miyoko 'Millie,' 98, Los An• survived by his wife, Tamiko; gc: 10; ggc: 4. Jan. 16; she was predeceased Kuriyama, Hideko, 84, Gardena, geles, CA; she was predeceased children, Dianne (Rod) Shiozaki, by her husband, Shig Ishii; she CA, Jan. 22; during WWII, as a by her husband, Henry Okai; son, Curtis (Debbie) and Larry (Anna); Furuya, Mitsuye 'Mitzi,' 93, Los is survived by her children, Gary child, she and her family were in• Terrance Okai; she is survived by stepson, Paul Hiraoka; brothers, Angeles, CA, Feb. 4; she is sur• (Lisabeth) and Ron; brother-in• carcerated at the War Relocation her daughters, Carole (Harvey) Kinjiro (Ruby) and Bill Yosh (Ruth) vived by her sisters, Kiyoko Fujita law, Haramitsu "Harney" Ishii; she Authority Center in Rohwer, Ark. Omata and Donna (Ken) Inouye; Watanabe; gc: 7. • and Masumi Mary Masuda; she is also survived by many nieces, She is survived by her children, sister, Betty Masuda; gc: 2; ggc: 4. is also survived by many nieces, nephews and other relatives. nephews and other relatives. Bob (Lori), Cliff (Anne), Terry (Lori) and Sandy; gc: 6; ggc: 3. Okamoto, Kazue T., 93, Torrance, Iwata, Sammy, 84, Beaverton, CA, Jan. 13; she is survived by PLACE A TRIBUTE Hirashima, Hajime, 96, Oxnard, OR, Feb. 9; she was predeceased Kusumoto, Jane, 84, EI Monte, her children, Joyce (Harvey) CA, Jan. 22; she is survived by by her husband, Richard; she 'In Memoriam' is a free CA, Feb. 2; she is survived by her Yoshino, Joanne (Wilfred) Nakata her children, Shigeko Janice and is survived by her step-children, listing that appears on a husband, Hiro; children, Karen and Jim (Lorna Akemi); siblings, Takeshi Thomas (Linda) Hirashi• John (Cindy) Iwata, Irene Iwata limited, space-available basis. Kataoka, Warren (Judi), Alvin (Ju• William (Asayo) Takigawa and ma; siblings, Tadashi Uyeda and and Janet Conrad; sister, Annye Tributes honor your loved lie Lee), Kenneth and Janice Ku• Susan (Frank) Morimoto; sister• Rose Nakadaira; she is also sur• Lou Collum; sisters-in-law, Hisa sumoto; siblings, Yoshie Fujinaka, in-law, Kachan Maruyama; she ones with text and photos and vived by many nieces, nephews Iwata, Yoko Iwata and Bernice Mildred Kawano, George Hayase is also survived by many nieces, appear in a timely manner at and other relatives; gc: 3. Yasuda; and three nieces. and Hazel Kamada (Kenneth); nephews and other relatives; the rate of $20/column inch. Higuchi, Brian, 54, Rosemead, gc: 7; ggc: 1. gc: 6; ggc: 3. Contact: CA, Jan. 24; he is survived by [email protected] his children, Nicole Higuchi and Lam, Irene, 13, San Francisco, Okine, Sayeko, 89, Gardena, CA, or call (213) 620-1767 Daniel Higuchi; mother, Mitsuko Feb. 8; she was predeceased by Higuchi; siblings, Judy (Brady) her father, Robert Ichinose. Saito, Alan (Tammy) Higuchi, Patty (Gary Yamanaka) Higuchi, Madsen,Kazuko,81,San Joyce (Carl) Wynkoop; former Francisco, Jan. 30; she was wife, Veronica; he is also survived predeceased by her husband, ~ .m8 •••tt !~~ Carl; she is survived by her sons, by several nieces, nephews and @ KUBOTA NIKKEI ~ FD #80B other relatives. Mark (Ineke), Richard and Steven; MORTUARY sister, Tayoko Minetoma; gc: 4; step-gc: 3; ggc: 1. ~~ /,J#~dC4/"~ Hirota, Shigeko 'Sally,' 88, Los 707 East Temple Street Gerald Angeles, Feb. 3; she is survived a*iT1i"C' ('oI!Il;D'~~ill!lli~-tt"""C, , "'-rt,>""C "' ... Los Angeles, CA 90012 Maeyama, Kaoru, 89, San Fran• Fukui by her children, Jan Hirota, David Kato, Kenneth Naoshi, 82, cisco, Jan. 28; as a child, she and T (2 13)749-1449 Ph. 213/626-0441 President and John (Marinel); 10 siblings; Fountain Valley, CA, Jan. 11; he her family were incarcerated during F (2 13)749-0265 she is also survived by many is survived by his wife, Yumi; chil• Fax 2 13/617-2781 WWII; she is survived by her hus- 911 VENICE BLVD Los ANGELES : CA 90015 nieces, nephews and friends; gc: 4. dren, Gene (Kimberly) and Sandra www.kubotanikkicmor tuary.com ~ 12 Feb. 24-March 9 1 2017 IN-DEPTH/COMMUNITY PACIFIC CITIZEN DAY» continued from page 5 GENERATIONS » continued from page 9

3. Get Involved We can get more The easiest way deeply involved by to get involved is creating a legacy by writing a check. project for a local Having held lead• community and ap• ership positions in ply for a grant from several Japanese the Japanese Ameri• American nonprofit can Confinement organizations, I Sites Grant Pro• know that there is gram, administered one common need: by the National Park Organizations need Service. To ensure money to fund their Despite facing resentment by his continued funding Many of my values programs. We can neighbors, Bob Fletcher followed for this program, and my sense of moral show our support his principles to protect the Tsu• the NPS needs to obligation comes from by donating to or• kamoto, Okamoto and Nitta farms receive qualified the JA culture passed My mother and me in 1987, ganizations that are when these families were evacuated grant proposals ev• on through my mother, the year I was born keeping this legacy and imprisoned under the author• ery year. though I did not re• alive. ity of E.O. 9066. Mr. Fletcher died in E.O. 9066 is part alize that until I was Another way to of our history. If we 2013 at the age of 101 in Florin, Calif. much older. Other cultural aspects like my today and when their ancestors emigrated. get involved is to are not willing to mother's annual classroom visits to share The culture of origin continues to prog• look for speaking opportunities where we help preserve the legacy of those who suf• Japanese folk songs and teach origami were ress and after a few generations is virtually can share our family story and discuss the fered under E.O. 9066, their sacrifices will more obvious - and embarrassing to a young unrecognizable to their overseas sons and lessons that we believe must be learned be forgotten, and the injustices imposed by boy desperately seeking approval from his daughters. That was certainly the case for from E.O. 9066 and its application to per• E.O. 9066 may be repeated. mono cultural peers. Hibaachan when she visited Japan for the first sons of Japanese ancestry. We can organize Let us use Feb. 19 not only as a time to Although most people who live in areas time in 50 years during the mid-1980s. a speakers bureau that would be available remember what happened in the past but heavily populated by AsianAmericans would Yet, JAs and other Asian Americans are to schools, civic organizations and social also as a time to recommit ourselves and identify my mother as mixed, she looks Asian constantly singled out for their foreign other• groups. the next generation to telling our story. • enough that no one questioned her Japanese• ness by Americans of European ancestry who ness in our community. nevertheless celebrate bastardized versions Things were a bit more complicated for me, of St. Patrick's Day or Oktoberfest. born with blonde hair and green eyes. Chil• The problem is that for most of our history VOLUNTEERS INVITED TO dren don't perceive social constructs such as as the JA community, the dominant Eurocen• race or gender until someone else points them tric culture has attached a negative stigma to out. In my case, I did not know that it was being Japanese. From white nativist farmers JOIN PUBLIC ARCHEOLOGY unusual to have family from mixed racial and in California demanding our incarceration to ethnic origins, or not look like the people you Detroit autoworkers killing a man because PROJECTS AT MANZANAR were related to until it became a subject of they thought he was Japanese - our com• derision from my peers. munity was under the gun for most of the PHOTO: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Wartime Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, I learned my first word from my Hibaachan. 20th century. and Historical Memory," and the award• I have fond memories of watching chanbara This was particularly difficult to navigate winning California State University San Ber• samurai dramas with her, learning how to as a biracial JA child in an overwhelmingly nardino History and Anthropology Clubs will bake apple turnovers and canjars of preserves white community with less than 5 percent participate in the project from March 25-27, with peaches picked from her small orchard people of color and not a single other JA marking their fifth year returning as a group. in Ogden. beyond my mother or sister. Art Williams, who lived in the administra• I think most families go through some kind Although I had the privilege of passing for tion area as a teenager and wrote the book of identity crisis when they lose the head of white, I grew up fighting kids on the school• "Reflecting on WWII, Manzanar, and the their family, but for our myriad mixed-race yard who called my mom a Jap, or me the WRA," will also present a program. clan, the loss of our matriarch also severed our son of a Saigon whore. I wasn't allowed to Volunteer positions are available to any• direct connection to Japan. With Hibaachan play with certain kids whose grandfathers one age 15 and over who is physically able gone, did that mean we were somehow less fought in WWII when they found out who my to work outdoors participating in moderately Japanese? No, but for a time it certainly felt mother was. Because of these negative social strenuous activities. like it, and although we never spoke about it, pressures, there was a time in my life when Participants will be digging with shovels I could tell that many of my fully ethnically I was ashamed to be Japanese, and even did and small hand tools, cutting and loading JA cousins felt the same. my best to hide it. brush, using wheelbarrows, collecting rocks It was this sense of loss that inspired me to Today, I am not only proud of being JA, but to reconstruct landscape features, painting begin my own journey of cultural reclama• I actively celebrate it in the work I do both rock alignments and screening sediments to tion, starting with learning the language of personally and professionally in advanc• n commemoration of the 75th anniversa• retrieve artifacts. my ancestors. Shortly after, I decided to move ing the Asian American and Pacific Islander ry of Executive Order 9066 and the 25th The work will be conducted outdoors, re• to Japan, and for the past decade, much of my Movement through the arts. By moving I anniversary of the Manzanar National gardless of weather. Volunteers may work life has been dedicated to the study of Japan to Japan and learning to speak Japanese, Historic Site, Manzanar is hosting two public any number of days or hours, but a full day and the Nikkei Diaspora. I reclaimed aspects of our culture that were archeology projects from March 24-29 and or multiple days are preferred. Bring water, Up until that point, I had always considered erased both deliberately through governmen• May 26-30. lunch, work gloves and wear sunscreen, a hat myself to be Japanese as opposed to Japa• tal intervention and by the passage of time. Volunteers will have the opportunity to as• and sturdy boots. neseAmerican. Growing up outside oftheJA I also came to understand my own place sist the National Park Service in uncovering Advance sign-up is required since the communities of the West Coast, my concept within the JA community. and stabilizing Manzanar's historic admin• project is limited to 25 participants per day. of identity came from the traditional aspects Despite blood quantum or physical appear• istration and staff housing area. Participants of Japanese culture Hibaachan imparted by ance, I am Japanese American. I am grateful will also learn about the common and con• To sign up, contact Manzanar Volunteer way of my mother. to my elders at the JACL who accepted me trasting experiences of camp staff and incar• Ambassador Katie Busch at (760) 878- It was by living in Japan that I came to un• as one of their own and continue to mentor cerees, as well as the differences between 2194,ext.3312,oremailkatherine_busch@ derstand that JA culture is as far removed me through this journey of self-discovery and Japanese landscaping aesthetics and "west• partner.nps.gov. For project questions, from Japan as German American is from quest for social justice. ern" military-style landscaping. contact Cultural Resources Manager leff Germany. As much as we attempt to preserve Cherstin Lyon, author of the book Burton at (760) 878-2194, ext. 3305, or our immigrant cultures, communities living Rob Buscher is a member of the IACL "Prisons and Patriots: Japanese American [email protected]. in diaspora suffer the burden of time between Philadelphia Board ofDirectors.