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Tule Lake Pilgrimage returns after six years
August 1, 2024 by Sharon Yamato
Tule Lake Pilgrimage, one of the most beloved and popular camp pilgrimages, returned after six long years of cautious absence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic with some attendees having registered […] READ MORE
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More than the pilgrimage
June 6, 2024 by Gil Asakawa, Nichi Bei News
A visit to the Amache National Historic Site needs to include a must-see stop at the Amache Museum, which John Hopper and the students at the Granada School’s Amache Preservation […] READ MORE
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Amache welcomes its first pilgrimage as a National Historic Site
June 6, 2024 by Gil Asakawa, Nichi Bei News
The bus has arrived, after picking up passengers from Simpson United Methodist Church in Arvada, a suburb of Denver, then stopping for more riders at the Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple […] READ MORE
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Appellate Court denies Tule Lake Committee case
June 6, 2024 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
The state of California’s Court of Appeal, the Third Appellate District, denied the Tule Lake Committee case June 4 in Tule Lake Committee v. Bill Follis et al., Barbara Takei, […] READ MORE
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It’s official: Amache National Historic Site ensures federal protection for former Japanese American incarceration camp
February 29, 2024 by Kevin Simpson
Interior secretary closes the deal that will provide oversight for ‘a complete and honest’ account of the nation’s history By Kevin SimpsonThe Colorado Sun Nearly two years after legislation designated […] READ MORE
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Events honor James Wakasa, inmate who was killed at Topaz, but questions remain about future of his memorial
June 8, 2023 by Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: Chizu Omori is a Wakasa Memorial Committee member. James Hatsuaki Wakasa probably would have been astonished by the recognition and appreciation events attendees bestowed upon him in April […] READ MORE
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Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of Tule Lake Committee v. FAA, et al.
May 25, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Earlier this month, the Tule Lake Committee lost its appeal in Tule Lake Committee v. FAA, et al. The U.S. Ninth Circuit in San Francisco affirmed the lower court’s dismissal […] READ MORE
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Utah senator drops opposition, Amache camp bill advances
February 17, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
DENVER — A proposal to create a national historic site at a former World War II Japanese American concentration camp in rural Colorado has passed the U.S. Senate after Republican […] READ MORE
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Paul Bannai, first Japanese American to serve in California State Legislature, dies at 99
October 24, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Former California State Assemblyman Paul Takeo Bannai, the first Japanese American elected to serve in the California State Legislature, peacefully passed away in Los Angeles, Calif. on Sept. 14, 2019. […] READ MORE
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Japanese American former incarceree protests Trump on travel ban
June 21, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
NEW YORK — A Japanese American born in an American concentration camp during World War II is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions that target people from […] READ MORE
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