Do traumatic events affect young kids? Listen to #Minidoka survivor, Grace Ouchida, talk about her memories as a six-year-old, riding the train to Minidoka with her family.
#childrenremember #japaneseamerican #trauma

#AlwaysRemember #EO9066 #Korematsu #JACL #HeartMountain #Manzanar #GilaRiver #Jerome #TuleLake #Rohwer #Minidoka #Honouliuli

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In Minidoka, population 84, it doesn’t take a crowd to make history — just 16 ballots picked the mayor in a small‑town nail‑biter.

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#NeighborhoodNews #Minidoka #Idaho #Mayor

#OTD in 1916, #MinoruYasui was born. A lawyer and #civilrights champion, he challenged the WWII curfew imposed on #JapaneseAmericans, taking his case all the way to the #SCOTUS. Though he lost, his courage helped pave the way for the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. #minidoka #hoodriver #oregon

#OTD in 1923, #CherryKinoshita was born. She led the movement to secure reparations and an official apology for #JapaneseAmericans who were incarcerated, helping pass landmark legislation that acknowledged these wrongs.
#minidoka #CWRIC #minidokairrigator #seattleevacuationredresscommittee

#AlwaysRemember #NeverAgain #EO9066 #HeartMountain #TuleLake #GilaRiver #Jerome #Manzanar #Rohwer #Poston #Minidoka #Honouliuli

#OTD in 1942, the #Minidoka WRA camp opened. Located on 33,000 acres of sagebrush desert in #Idaho, Minidoka held almost 10,000 people. The majority of the inmates came from #Washington, #Oregon, and #Alaska.

#japaneseamerican #wwii

Former Superman Actor Dean Cain Joins ICE — And Fans Are Not Having It “This country was built on patriots stepping up, whether it was popular or not, and doing the right thing," the actor said to justify his decision.

Dean Cain was born Dean George Tanaka in 1966 to #Japanese American Roger Tanaka and his family was interned in the #Minidoka internment camp in #Idaho, which he described as a "horrible #injustice" l.muz.kr/vDP Except when he is doing it. Kinda like the State of Israel in regards to #Gaza, no?

If they knew his birth name, ICE would roll him up too. #EO9066 #Minidoka #HeartMountain #TuleLake #Rohwer #Manznar #Jerome

But remember! We do not want any "signs or other information that are negative about past or living Americans" at Manzanar!

Shameful.

(image is of the sign at #Minidoka, another NPS facility at the site of a WWII camp for Japanese Americans)

"My country never did what Hitler did!" I remember saying in my Japanese high school history class. Then I got schooled by reality and plenty of proof when I got home. #Minidoka
#teachhistory

#OTD in 1942, the community of #JapaneseAmericans living on #BainbridgeIsland, #Washington were forcibly removed and sent to #Manzanar in #California. Eventually they would be sent to #Minidoka, Idaho where most of the residents of the #PacificNorthwest were sent.

Paul Horiuchi painting including guest's father (in red) and aunt as children imprisoned in Minidoka - one of the American Concentration Camps WW2 is busting me up. Amazing story. #antiquesroadshow #americasinternmentcamp #horiuchi #minidoka #americanhistory

My husband and I went to #minidoka last summer. You are the reason why I even knew about the Japanese internment camps. It is absolutely essential that people are taught. Yes. It can, and will, and has happened here. I am grateful to you for constantly speaking up.