At the beginning of the celebration.

officials listed Minidoka as a site for recreation.the United States government imprisoned more than 125.

Many of us were stunned by what the tour guide said next.My father (who died when I was 10) and his family members were among the nearly 30.(Courtesy of Tamiko Nimura)By TAMIKO NIMURAOut the front windows of our bus.

some 359 acres of the public airfield sit in the middle of the original concentration camp footprint.almost in passing: Welcome back.

after the government administered a poorly worded questionnaire to determine incarcerated Japanese Americans supposed loyalty.

where a proposed Lava Ridge wind farm threatens to put hundreds of 720-foot-tall wind turbines on the same desert land that once imprisoned more than 13he did have some exposure to the Japanese American community by playing on an Anaheim Methodist Church JA basketball team.

I didnt go to Japanese churches.and eventually ended up in 1991 at the Academy of Art in San Francisco.

I like to think we have stuff for my kids age to my sister and for my moms age.fanny packs and a line of products called Mottainai.