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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center

2 days ago

Check out this interview with Executive Director Aura Sunada Newlin. ... See MoreSee Less

Aura Sunada Newlin on Heart Mountain Prison Camps of WWII || Women of Wyoming, Then & Now S1E10

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Episode 10 Details: Aura Sunada Newlin is a fourth-generation Japanese-American and Anthropology instructor. Her ancestors were incarcerated at Heart Mountai...

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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center

4 days ago

Heart Mountain descendant Hana Maruyama is a leader in studying the connections between incarcerated Japanese Americans and the indigenous communities that once called the same land home. Learn more about her work here:

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Exploring the interrelatedness between Japanese and Native American exploitation in the West

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Hana Maruyama, a history professor at the University of Connecticut, was the host for the history department’s “Wednesday Workshops” on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The original title of her presentation,...

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Heart Mountain Interpretive Center

5 days ago

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Interpretive Center

SUMMER HOURS
Mid-May to Early October
Open DAILY 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

WINTER HOURS
Early October to Mid-May
Open Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Other visitation by appointment

Learn about accessibility at Heart Mountain HERE

TELEPHONE (307) 754-8000

EMAIL info@heartmountain.org

ADDRESS
1539 Road 19
Powell, WY 82435

ADMISSION
Adults $14
Seniors/Students $12
Children 10-17: $10
Under 10: Free
Commercial Group Rate: $10

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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountainwy ·

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Thanks to David Jay of @KTVQ for this report on the Billings group that folded thousands of paper cranes to bring to @HeartMountainWY on the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that sparked the World War II incarceration.

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountainwy ·

7 Dec

We’re excited to host this group from Billings and their gift of 1,000 cranes. Today is the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese imperial attack on Pearl Harbor that led to the incarceration of 125,000 Japanese Americans, including 14,000 at @HeartMountainWY

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountainwy ·

5 Dec

Family separation was a constant feature of government policy since the nation’s founding. The Japanese American incarceration saw fathers routinely sent to different camps than their families.

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountainwy ·

5 Dec

Hana Maruyama is a @HeartMountainWY descendant and @UConnHistory professor and an expert in the connections between incarcerated Japanese Americans and the indigenous communities that once called the same land home. Learn more about her work here:

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