Twenty-seven facilities held Japanese American incarcerees during World War II. The names of many of the incarcerees weren’t accurately recorded, and it took Duncan Ryuken Williams and Irei team to get the names sorted out.
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Members at our $250 level have access to our Shirabeyou! family research program. We'll tap into your family's background, at Heart Mountain and elsewhere. We've uncovered details that many incarceree families have never known. See more here:
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Takashi Hoshizaki was 18 and incarcerated at Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation when he resisted the draft. He spent two years in federal prison and was pardoned by President Truman. He joined us at JANM Saturday for a look at his remarkable life and career.

Bacon Sakatani was incarcerated as a child at Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and then was instrumental in bringing a former barrack to JANM in the 1990s. We found him there again Saturday.

The Irei project by Duncan Ryuken Williams and his team contains the names of the 125,000 Japanese Americans incarcerated at 27 sites during World War II. Shirley Higuchi, JD visited and stamped the names of her family members.

Rebuilding the histories of families incarcerated during World War II is a challenge for Japanese Americans because their records are in multiple locations and hard to find. Thanks Duncan Ryuken Williams and Ancestry for making it easier.
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Baseball gave Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II something to remind them of life before they were stuck behind barbed wire.
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Today, Bureau of Land Management - National Fire leaders took time to connect with each other & the land in a new way. Reflecting on American History & what lessons can influence BLM Fire’s future, the team visited Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation’s Interpretive Center, a Smithsonian affiliate. #WeAreBLMFire

See here for a recap of Shirley Higuchi, JD and her appearance at the Organization of American Historians conference in New Orleans on April 11 with Anthea M. Hartig and a great panel of women telling their stories and histories.
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Sam Mihara never stops telling the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation story. We thank the DaltonCommunications for inviting him to speak about his incarceration experience.

Congratulations Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and Shirley Higuchi, JD! So fantastic you'll have this additional support: 'Heart Mountain Chosen For Prestigious Smithsonian Partnership' cowboystatedaily.com/2024/04/22/hea…

Thanks, Andrew Rossi of Cowboy State Daily for this detailed story about what it means for Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation to be Smithsonian affiliate!
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Starting Wednesday, April 24, come visit Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation to see our new exhibit, The Go For Broke Spirit featuring photographs by Shane Sato of Japanese American veterans from the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team.
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.Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is working hard to restore the root cellar—the only surviving camp structure built entirely by Japanese Americans. It takes an entire day to rebuild one of the wooden vents that allowed air to escape the cellar. #IMLSmedals

We bring participants in our NEH Education educator workshops to the cemetery each year to show them the graves and explain this part of Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation history.

Johnny Tim Yellowtail, a member of the Apsaalooke (Crow) Nation is also Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation’s historic site caretaker. Yellowtail explains the connections between the Apsaalooke & the Japanese Americans who were forced to live at Heart Mountain to visitors. #IMLSmedals

.Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation has the unique honor of working with former incarcerees & their decedent's who leads visitor on a tours & speak on panels held at the Interpretive Center. Including 556 individuals who were born at Heart Mountain! #IMLSmedals

Thanks LA Downtown News for helping spread the word about the April 27 event at JANM featuring Takashi Hoshizaki, who resisted the military draft during World War II because he and his family were unjustly incarcerated.
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Executive Director Aura Sunada Newlin leads visitors through Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation’s immersive experiences, including the Parallel Barbed Wire exhibit, which traced the lives of former incarceree Clarence Matsumura & Holocaust survivor Solly Ganor. #IMLSmedals

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