RESOURCES
Notes: As I planned my trip to the Rohwer Heritage Site, and then dug deeper into the history and community surrounding the WWII Japanese American Concentration Camp experience, these are some of the organizations, articles, and artists that helped further my knowledge. Each site/work/ariticle lead me to something new. Special shout out to Densho for being an absolutely thriving, forward-thinking archive and all-around resource, as well as the artist G. Funo O'Kain, who is creating amazing, site-specific works. While on the road to Rohwer, AK, I found O'kain's work via Instagram - grateful that I did. Be sure to check it out. Have a great resource I should add? Send it to me!
MAJOR HUBS OF INFORMATION
Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages
Japanese American National Museum
CONCENTRATION CAMP SITES
Rohwer (AR)
Jerome (AR)
Minidoka (ID)
Topaz (UT)
Tule Lake (CA)
Heart Mountain (WY)
Poston (AZ)
Manzanar (CA)
Amache (CO)
Gila River (AZ)
PILGRIMAGES
Minidoka. Pilgrimage (ID)
Rohwer / Jerome Pilgrimage (AR)
Poston Pilgrimage (AZ)
Heart Mountain Pilgrimage (WY)
Manzanar Pilgrimage (CA)
Amache Pilgrimage (CO)
Tule Lake Pilgrimage (CA)
PROJECTS
Shadow Reclamation Authority — G. Funo O'Kain / @gcfuno
Show Me the Way To Go To Home by Sandy Sugawara and Catiana Garcia Kilroy / @showmethewaytogotohome
Resisters.com: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration / Frank Abe's Website
50 Objects — Nancy Ukai, Project Director / @50ObjectsNikkei
Campu: A Podcast (Densho)
Campu: An American Story (in-progress) by Haruka Sakaguchi / @hsakag
Kioku — A Japanese American Cultural Journal.
CONCENTRATION CAMP LITERARY JOURNALS
ROWHER
The Pen (November 1943)
HEART MOUNTAIN
TOPAZ
Trek, Vol 1, No. 1 (December 1942)
Trek, Vol 1, No. 2 (February 1943)
Trek, Vol. 1, No. 3 (June 1943)
All Aboard (Spring 1944)