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History is more than just text on a page; it is the photographs, voices, and artifacts of the people who lived it. The images and recordings featured across Foundations and Futures are part of a meticulously curated media repository. Whether you are building a lesson plan or investigating an artifact, you can use this database to trace the provenance of our media: discover who created an asset, the historical context behind it, and how it can be used to bring Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences into your classroom.

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  • Portrait of Masuo Yasui wearing a suit and bowtie.
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    Masuo Yasui Portrait

    Masuo Yasui immigrated to the US from Japan when he was sixteen years old. He settled in Oregon’s Hood River Valley, where he became a successful farmer and businessman.

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 1
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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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