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Check out this exciting presentation this Thursday, September 23 at 5pm MT!
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry invites Japanese American theater artist Kimi Maeda and UConn historian Hana Maruyama to reflect on the historical context and social impact of the incarceration camps to discuss its continuing impacts on lives of Asians in the US and the importance of keeping the memories alive in art and scholarship. This forum expands on themes in the exhibition Puppetry's Racial Reckoning, which is at the Ballard Institute until November 1st.

Registration required for the Zoom event on Thursday--get the registration link and more info here:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/connecticut/article/The-Ballard-Institute-Virtually-Presents-Animating-Memories-Of-Japanese-American-Incarceration-This-Month-20210915
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For its first installment of the 2021 Fall Puppet Forum Series, and in conjunction with the Puppetry’s Racial Reckoning exhibit, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host “Animating Memories of Japanese American Incarceration” with theater artist K...
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As children, Shirley Ann Higuchi and her brothers knew Heart Mountain only as the place their parents met, imagining it as a great Stardust Ballroom in rural Wyoming. As they grew older, they would come to recognize the name as a source of great sadness and shame for their older family members, part of the generation of Japanese Americans forced into the hastily built concentration camp in the aftermath of Executive Order 9066. This is the true story of Heart Mountain and the Japanese American incarceration.
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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center1 week ago
Starting in 2 hours! Join us for a profound conversation between Doug Nelson and Shirley Ann Higuchi about "Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration" and their journey with this history and this place.

There's still time to join the conversation by registering here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mzkxamp4QLenVQORNobqKg

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Event presented in collaboration with the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum (photo courtesy of the Library, featuring President Carter signing legislation to create the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) in 1980).
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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center1 week ago
Have you checked out the virtual pilgrimage Tadaima 2021 yet?! Week 3 has just started--catch up on previous content and see what's to come on the fabulous Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages website! https://www.jampilgrimages.com/tadaima2021
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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center1 week ago
Join us for this virtual conversation on Tuesday evening at 5:00pm MT/7:00pm ET. See below for more details and registration info!
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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center2 weeks ago
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of September 11th, Executive Director Tom Ikeda shares his recollections of the aftermath of the attacks and how it radically reshaped Densho’s focus. A few Densho staffers and I had an oral history interview trip scheduled shortly after 9/11 and I remember...
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In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of September 11th, Executive Director Tom Ikeda shares his recollections of the aftermath of the attacks and how it radically reshaped Densho’s focus. A few Densho staffers and I had an oral history interview trip scheduled shortly after 9/11 and I remember...
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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, we ask that all visitors wear masks while inside the interpretive center.

SUMMER HOURS
May 16 to October 2
Open DAILY 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

WINTER HOURS
October 3 to May 15
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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Director Cary Fukunaga's father was born in @topazmuseum and then sent as a baby with his family to @tulelakenps. The No Time To Die director says he feels the multigenerational trauma of the incarceration. @mgmstudios @WakasaMemorial @TsuruSolidarity
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The rise in anti-Asian violence has led some older Asian Americans to take self-defense classes. @StopAAPIHate
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This heartbreaking story shows that anti-Asian violence is more prevalent than ever, thanks to continued racist rhetoric. "The violent attacks have tended to receive attention ... Shattered lives play out in unknown ways."
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Many @HeartMountainWY families, such as Takashi Hoshizaki's, talk fondly of the reception and aid they received from African Americans when they returned home. Thanks for sharing your story! https://t.co/KWavif7j13
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As soon as Japanese Americans started returning to the West Coast after their incarceration came reports that they had been attacked by racists who wanted to drive them from their homes again. #OTD in 1945 the @HeartMountainWY Sentinel reported the government would act. https://t.co/xIY5NF42Ku
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Until 2000, Sadao Munemori was the only Japanese American to receive a @medalofhonor for his World War II service. It took the intercession of Sen. Elbert Thomas of Utah and Mike Masaoka of @JACL_National to make it happen. https://t.co/3d3GHL9Tlb
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Another one of my favorite stories from the 442nd RCT is that of Medal of Honor recipient @USArmy Pfc. Sadao Munemori. He faced some tough realities early on, including persecution because of his Japanese ethnicity and the death of his father at age 16. #AsianHeritageMonth https://t.co/4Q0hs7DqXa
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