a banner headline in the Heart Mountain Sentinel announced that exclusion was over.

often by members of their own communities.Gwichin fiddler from Arctic Village.

a virtuoso koto player from Japan.by boat from Japan as a child immigrant in the 1950s and was raised in L.and one of the few neighborhoods where Japanese Americans did not face discrimination and were allowed to freely live.

community activist and organizer from Pocahontas.which sends its recommendations to the NEA chair.

The deadline to submit a nomination for the 2025 class of NEA National Heritage Fellows is Tuesday.

She will be honored in Washington.? I saw from the window that people were ducked down and running.

(PETER YOON/Rafu Shimpo)One victim was injured but remained conscious while being taken away by paramedics.Rafu Digital EditorA Little Tokyo shooting sparked panic in the heart of Japanese Village Plaza on Friday afternoon.

(PETER YOON/Rafu Shimpo)By PETER YOON.“Thank you to the owners of Make Asobi right next door for letting us hide in the back of the store.