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    Recipients of redress checks

    Issei women receiving redress checks and formal apologies from the government acknowledging that it was wrong to have incarcerated them and 120,000 other Japanese Americans during World War II.

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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  • A video about the 153 testimonies given to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

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    Giving Testimony

    Hear 153 testimonies given to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, highlighting injustices faced by Japanese Americans during WWII.

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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    Noy Thrupkaew’s TED Talk on Trafficking

    Excerpt of a TED Talk by journalist Noy Thrupkaew, dispelling the common misconceptions about human trafficking.

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers’ Organizing, Module 5
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  • Kristi Yamaguchi, dressed in an embellished figure skating dress, holds a large bouquet in one hand and her Olympic gold medal in the other.

  • Mau Piailug sits cross-legged and points to a diagram on woven mat. He teaches navigation to two kids and a man seated next to him.

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    Chapter Overview: Pacific Islanders

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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  • Unfurled sails from sakmans fill the horizon. Canoes sit on the calm ocean along with the sakmans. Two birds fly over the sakmans in a cloudy sky.

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    Module 1: Pacific Islanders Overview

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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    Pacific Islanders
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  • The coast of Pågat during the daytime with limestone cliffs topped with dense verdant foliage. On the right, foaming waves crash onto the cliffs.

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    Module 2: Sacred Spaces

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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    Pacific Islanders
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  • Three rows of Fita Fita guards stand at attention. They hold rifles on a dirt path facing one guard. Buildings and a steep mountain stand behind them.

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    Module 3: World War II

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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    Pacific Islanders
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  • An underwater view of Jellyfish Lake, which is populated with migrating golden mastigias jellyfish as they move above a tree covered in algae.

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    Module 4: Climate Change in Oceania

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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    Pacific Islanders
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  • Nancy Abouke, dressed in a weightlifting uniform, claps her chalk-filled hands in front of a deadlift bar. Clouds of chalk float above her hands.

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    Module 5: Pacific Islanders in Popular Culture

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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    Pacific Islanders
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  • A colorful mural spans the side of a one story building. The mural features a young Micronesian girl surrounded by sprawling flowers and a starry sky.

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    Chapter Overview: Micronesians in the United States

    Tiara R. Na’puti

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    Module 1: Overview: Emergent Voices and Activism of Micronesians

    Tiara R. Na’puti

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    Micronesians in the United States
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