Heart Mountain descendantGail Nanbu.

and contributions to the nations traditional arts heritage.The inspiration for me started with the privilege of honoring my late father-in-law.

NEA deputy chairman for programs and partnerships.Its an exciting acknolwedgement that a traditional art form that traveled from Japan almost 100 years ago is now considered a part of the American experience.and Ameriacn Bon Consortium cohorts.

Obon dances are dances of joy as we dance in gratitude to all that our late loved ones have given us.dear and important friends and community members.

Thank you very much for this incredible honor.

and Reza …Im so grateful to the many whose efforts brought this recognition to fruition —?my cousin.We’ve been through this before.

it was the most notorious of the 10 concentration camps.the principles of democracy … to suppress historical narratives that challenge their own preferred version of events.

many carrying signs of protest and defiance.dispossessed and incarcerated … That terror is no different.