AMACHE RESOURCE PAGE

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT AMACHE

Organizations:

Amache Preservation Society - email: amache@usa.com

University of Denver Amache Project - Dr. Bonnie Clark, email: bclark@du.edu

Amache Historical Society II - email: amachehistoricalsocietyii@gmail.com

Actions:

Give feedback to the National Park Service by June 30 using the public comment form

Amache Historical Society II has provided guidance on how to make your comments most effective at the bottom of the page https://amache.org/site-planning/

National Parks Conservation Association resources to support the Amache Historic Site Act

SPECIAL TOPIC DISCUSSION GROUPS

Amache Artifacts at Home

Watch the Japanese American National Museum’s video Unboxed: How to Handle and Store Artifacts to learn more about how to take care of your artifacts at home.

Amache National Historic Site Bill

Read the press releases for the Amache National Historic Site Act Bills:

And track their progress, including co-sponsors, on Congress.gov:

Not sure who your Representative is? Look up your Congressional District and Representative at: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Learn more about how you can support the bills from the National Parks Conservation Association. If you use their form to contact your members of Congress, please make sure to personalize your message so they know there is a real person behind the letter.

Amache Resisters

To learn more about Amache resisters, visit:

The Densho entry on Draft Resistance
Kenji Taguma’s article on Resisters.com
Taguma: A Tribute to Noboru Taguma

Recreational Activities

Learn more about life at Amache in the Historical Significance section of Amache.org, especially the sections on Daily Activities and Events, and popular Japanese and American activities.

STORIES BEHIND THE OBJECTS

These are webpages and resources from museums and organizations that preserve objects from Amache.

This is an online exhibit highlighting artifacts from excavation with community stories

View the Eaton Collection Contested Histories Exhibit and videos

Help JANM identify objects and images from the Eaton Collection

Look for the next 50 Objects story showcasing links between items in museums and personal collections from Amache at https://50objects.org/. Other Amache stories include the Amache Dog Carving and Homma chair.

POWER OF PLACE: FINDING YOUR FAMILY BARRACKS

Online tools to find your family barracks and find your way around Amache on the ground:

Find a specific person’s barracks using the online directory, historical directories created at Amache in 1943 and 1945, and Final Accountability Roster.
Navigate the site today using the historic maps and learn more on the driving tour and podcasts
Share your family photos on the online photo map

For more stories, watch:

Archaeological Dig at Amache Internment Camp, featuring Gary Ono

Amache Recollections, a Digital Storytelling project by Amache descendant Halle Sousa, sponsored by the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation.

Or read:

Athena Mari Asklipiadis’ article in the Pacific Citizen

Gary Ono's reflection in Discover Nikkei

Kirsten Leong’s article in the 2013 DU Amache Newsletter

Tomi Eijima's article for the Pacific Citizen

Riki Eijima’s article for the Pacific Citizen

Greg Kitajima's blog on Amache Gardens

Carlene Tinker’s article in the Fresno Zoo Lynxline Newsletter