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THIS AFTERNOON! Join us at 1:00pm MDT for this discussion all about the Japanese American community in Salt Lake City throughout the years!
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Yone Noguchi (1875-1947) was a writer, poet, essayist, and literary critic with published works in both English and Japanese. He is also known for being the father of renowned sculptor, Isamu Noguchi. In the late 1890s, Yone arrived in California and began traveling through the United States for the next several years. During that time, he worked for a newspaper run by Japanese exiles in San Francisco who had been associated with the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, a political and social movement for democracy in Japan in the 1880s.

During Yone's time in the United States, he was involved in romantic relationships with both men and women. He met American author, Charles Warren Stoddard in California and the pair wrote love letters to one other over the course of their relationship. He also began affairs with two women, Ethel Armes and Léonie Gilmour, with whom he had two children, Isamu Noguchi and Ailes Gilmour.

In 2012, author Amy Sueyoshi wrote a book, Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi, documenting the romantic entanglements of Yone Noguchi, specifically his relationship with Charles Warren Stoddard. In a 2013 interview, Sueyoshi discusses sexuality, race and intimacies within Noguchi's life. She noted, "I wanted to queer the way we think about relationships. I wanted to fight against assumptions about what 'real' love is or supposed to be, the idea that the most 'significant' love is measured in terms of engagement, or marriage."

Read the interview on Discover Nikkei: http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2013/1/10/queer-affairs-yone-noguchi-1/
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Learn about the past, present, and future of the Japanese American community in Salt Lake City in our discussion tomorrow afternoon!

More info here: https://fb.me/e/Gbva09vU

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Photo: Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, March 1962
Courtesy of Sherrie Hayashi
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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center2 days ago
Come by for a visit! Heart Mountain Interpretive Center is open every day, 10:00am to 5:00pm.
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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center3 days ago
Join us tomorrow at 1:00pm MDT for a multigenerational virtual book discussion with Shirley Ann Higuchi and Salt Lake City community leaders Dr. Jeanette Misaka and Floyd Mori, who are featured in Higuchi's book "Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration. They will discuss the book, the history of Japanese Americans in Salt Lake City, and the relevance today. Judge Raymond Uno, who is a key character and friend of the late Setsuko Saito, will make opening remarks.

Register here to get the link for the discussion: https://forms.gle/BppmT9ERbhtSWonQ6

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Interpretive Center

Please refer to our CORONAVIRUS PAGE for up-to-date information on current safety policies & protocols at the interpretive center. Per the latest guidance from the CDC, fully vaccinated visitors are not required to wear masks inside of the interpretive center.

SUMMER HOURS
May 15 to October 1
Open DAILY 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

WINTER HOURS
October 2 to May 14
Open Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Other visitation by appointment

TELEPHONE (307) 754-8000

EMAIL info@heartmountain.org

ADDRESS
1539 Road 19
Powell, WY 82435

ADMISSION
Adults $9
Senior/Students $7
Under 12 Free
Special Group Rates

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#OTD in 1944 the @HeartMountainWY Sentinel published a notice seeking workers for a labor camp in Provo, Utah, where Japanese American incarcerees had gone the previous year. But it would be a tough sell. 1/2 https://t.co/MWMtg65Z0H
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Shigeru Yabu was 10 years old when he and his family were incarcerated at @HeartMountainWY. In camp, he adopted a magpie he called Maggie. Read his book Hello Maggie with Willie Ito and wish Shig, a devoted board member, a happy 89th birthday!
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30,000 Japanese American soldiers served in World War II, fighting for a country that imprisoned many of them and their families. They were patriots, and so were those who resisted the draft because they were imprisoned because of their ethnic origin.
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Portland educators gathering in support of teaching accurate history know that if you can’t teach about racism, you can’t teach the truth. Asian immigrants helped build the country, but were abused, ignored and then eventually banned from moving here.
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The @HeartMountainWY Sentinel was probably the best of the newspapers in the 10 WRA camps. #OTD it announced that most of its original staff was leaving or had left, often for jobs around the country or the military. 1/3 https://t.co/vhcVsPMHeB
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Thanks to @KingsEnglish for cosponsoring our panel at 1 p.m. MDT today with @HiguchiJD @shirogiro Jeanette Misaka and Raymond Uno, all legends of the local Japanese American community, as we discuss the World War II incarceration and its relevance today.
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