a student who came to Deep Springs from Tokyo in the 1990s due in no small part to encouragement from Fukushima.

signifying the impact of the power of place.A view of Heart Mountain in Wyoming.

we will enhance our ability to educate the public and continue to tell our incarceration story.The decision makes the foundation only the second Wyoming museum to become a Smithsonian Affiliate.The Mineta-Simpson Institute will have a permanent exhibit dedicated to celebrating the careers of former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and former Sen.

The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is thrilled and honored to become a Smithsonian Affiliate.participate in professional development.

HMWF joins the affiliate network at a critical time.

It joins the Buffalo Bill Center of the West of Cody on the list of more than 200 Smithsonian Affiliates in nearly every state.Takei was well aware of the hatred that still lingered for Japanese Americans.

Through the hardships that Takei endured.(Mario Reyes/The Rafu Shimpo)By PETER YOON.

Takei came out publicly in 2005.Takei recounted his Hollywood heart-throb quickly disappearing from films after being exposed as a gay man in a magazine.