“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 attend the opening reception on September 12 and the lecture the following day.
Here is a photographic recap of the weekend’s activities:
Anne Enoki, Rose Sorensen, and Kay Yamaguchi stand in front of the image Russell Lee took of them at the Nyssa camp in 1942. Photo courtesy of David Nishitani.
Bob Kido, Hisako Yasuda, and Yae Kido at the opening reception. Siblings Bob and Hisako lived in the Nyssa camp in 1942. Photo courtesy of Four Rivers Cultural Center.
Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission president David Milholland discusses our Japanese translation of the exhibit’s text panels with Ontario residents Tomie and Sagie Nishihara. Photo courtesy of Four Rivers Cultural Center.
Janet Koda and Carol Takami-Tolman pose with their mother Mary Takami at the opening reception. Mary is featured in the middle photograph, the second woman on the right. Photo courtesy of David Nishitani.
Many old friends reunited at the opening reception. Here Paul Hirai sees Tom Fujii, June Morinaga, and Anne Enoki for the first time in decades.
On the morning of September 13, several Nisei and their families visited the former sites of the Nyssa and Adrian farm labor camps.
The former site of the Nyssa, Oregon farm labor camp.
“Uprooted” curator Morgen Young presented a history of the Nyssa farm labor camp to audience members on September 13. Photo courtesy of Four Rivers Cultural Center.
After Morgen’s talk, she was joined on stage by individuals who lived in farm labor camps. They answered questions from the audience, providing invaluable firsthand accounts of the camps. Pictured left to right: Janet Koda, Patricia Imada, Paul Hirai, Aya Fujii, Henry Mishima, Taka Mizote, Yasu Teramura, and Tom Fujii. Photo courtesy of Four Rivers Cultural Center.
“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 …
