“Born in an internment camp for Japanese Americans, she fears Muslims face a similar fate today,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 5, 2017 “What to see in L.A. galleries: World War II farm labor camp photography and more,” Los Angeles Times, …
On February 28, the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center hosted a program in Portland. Our curator, Morgen Young, presented a history of the Nyssa, Oregon farm labor camp, which in July 1942 became known as “the camp without a fence,” thanks …
Uprooted was recently featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Talk Out Loud. Our curator, Morgen Young, was joined by Aya Fujii and Taka Mizote. The sisters shared their memories of the farm labor camps in Nyssa and Adrian, Oregon. Listen …
It has been almost a year now since I attended the opening of the “Uprooted” exhibit in Ontario, Oregon, and what I learned there has provoked my curiosity and stuck in my mind ever since. At first, I asked myself …
Earlier this month, Karen Yonemura Ramirez reached out to us. She and her parents, Ben and Josie, were incarcerated at Minidoka and later lived in the Twin Falls, Idaho farm labor camp. Karen shared her story with us, along with …
We are starting a new series on our blog, in which we ask individuals who have seen Uprooted to share their thoughts about the exhibit. The first post is from Susan Uchiyama Nagai. Her father, Mathias Uchiyama, and his family …
In January, “Uprooted” opened at the Minidoka County Historical Society Museum in Rupert, Idaho. The museum is just a few miles from the former site of the Rupert farm labor camp, one of four camps profiled in “Uprooted.” The exhibit …
“New Traveling Exhibit ‘Uprooted’ Will Tell the Story of JA Farm Labor Workers,” Pacific Citizen, April 18-May 1, 2014* “Snapshot in Time: Traveling Photography Exhibit to Debut in Ontario,” Argus Observer, August 31, 2014 “Exhibit Tells Family’s Story,” Argus …
James Kazuo Tanaka shared with us some photographs of the Twin Falls, Idaho farm labor camp, which are now part of the Japanese American National Museum’s collections. James lived in the camp with his parents James Kenso and Toshiko Mildred. …
“Uprooted” debuted this past weekend at the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario, Oregon. Hundreds of people gathered at the museum to see the exhibit. We met folks who traveled from Oregon, Idaho, Washington, California, Utah, Colorado, and Arizona to …