100 Years Ago: New Mexico's Early Film History



Maps of New Mexico



The Palace of the Governors: A Witness to History



Your Obedient Servant, W. H. Bonney



Remembering the Santa Fe Japanese Internment Camp



Through the Lens - Imaging Santa Fe



Buffalo Soldiers in New Mexico



The Last Hurdle:
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro



Rough Riders



Doña Teresa



USS New Mexico BB40:
The Drinan Diary



Tesoros De Devoción



New Mexico's Segesser
Hide Paintings



The Estancia Press



Fashioning New Mexico:
Victorian Secrets



Remembering the Santa Fe Japanese Internment Camp
9 minutes and 26 seconds

It's a part of New Mexican history that few are aware of and no one talked about at the time. According to the Department of Justice, from March 1942 to April 1946, the Santa Fe Internment Camp held 4,555 men of Japanese ancestry. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the US Government arrested and imprisoned thousands of Japanese-American men branding them "dangerous enemy aliens." Incarcerated without trial, they were forced to leave behind their families along with everything they knew and loved.

Professor of Literature Gail Okawa, renowned photographer Patrick Nagatani, and southwestern artist Jerry West share their family's stories about the Santa Fe camp. Highlighted are original family photographs along with rare photographs of the camp loaned by Brian Minami of manymountains.org. Featured is Japanese flute music performed by Andrea McQuate.
 
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