Concentration camps were run as if they were small towns. Many incarcerees staffed these positions, receiving one-tenth of what white WRA staffers were paid for similar work. This image shows the stark reality for Heart Mountain incarcerees in Wyoming.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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