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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, all!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to pass along this poignant and informative email shared out by Lincoln County Library District Director, Bryan Miyagishima. There is a lot of great information linked here -- whether some of this history is new to you, or if you
were already familiar with the impacts of Executive Order 9066 on Japanese Americans not only across the U.S., but also right here in our own state.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know Bryan would want me to mention that this email was not meant to be a standalone bibliography on this topic; there are plenty of excellent sources and guides to explore, to include content curated by the
<a href="https://www.ohs.org/">Oregon Historical Society</a>, as well as a variety of materials for different age demographics and in various media forms. That being said, these resources pulled together for the coastal libraries benefit us all. This is an
excellent starting place to learn more and further share out about this significant and not too distant history.
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<p class="MsoNormal">A big thanks to Bryan for this important and heartfelt reminder and the opportunity to reflect.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries">www.oregon.gov/library/libraries</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">Check out my <a href="https://slo.oregon.gov/CommunityEngagement">
LibGuide</a>!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bryan Miyagishima <bryan.miyagishima@lincolncolibrarydist.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 19, 2026 1:57 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> "Day of Remembrance" resources in our coast libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">February 19 is known as "Day of Remembrance" in the Japanese American community, as it marks the signing of Executive Order 9066 which led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. This year marks both the 84th anniversary
of the signing of that order; it also marks the 50th anniversary of President Gerald Ford's signing of the legislation known as “The American Promise”. *This legislation formally terminated Executive Order 9066 and in doing so, President Ford acknowledged
what should have been clear from the beginning: “We now know what we should have known then; not only was that evacuation wrong, but Japanese Americans were and are loyal Americans.” <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Remembering these events is not only important to acknowledge injustices done to the Japanese American community but also to ensure these injustices do not repeat themselves. Remembrance is more important than ever - * this past year, the
Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target Venezuelan migrants. The last time this law was used was during WWII to extrajudicially detain Japanese, Japanese American, German, and Italian immigrants. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are ever in search of resources to help others research the topic of the Japanese American incarceration, you might begin with the fact that the state of Oregon was once home to several thriving Japanese American communities. The
OPB documentary, <a href="https://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregon-experience/article/oregon-japanese-americans-history-2/" target="_blank">
Oregon's Japanese Americans: Beyond the Wire</a>, chronicles the history of Japanese American communities in Oregon and what happened to them during and after WWII. Lauren Kessler's book,
<u><a href="https://siletz.aspendiscovery.org/Record/181653">Stubborn Twig</a>,</u> (available in our libraries) chronicles the history of one family in the Japanese American community in Hood River. Researchers may find it interesting that the city of Ontario
has the largest per-capita Japanese American community in Oregon; many of them were attracted there by the
<a href="https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20020217/ontario17m/town-opened-doors-for-wars-outcasts" target="_blank">
city's welcoming attitude after WWII</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You might also wish to point researchers towards the Japanese American resistance movement to wartime incarceration. There are several noteworthy individuals from the Pacific NW worth researching - Gordon Hirabayashi, a UW student was was
jailed for months for deliberately breaking curfew that applied only to Japanese Americans. Minoru Yasui, a lawyer from Hood River, also tested the legality of curfew in Portland when on March 28, 1942, he walked into the police station and demanded to be
arrested. Books and videos about Hirabayashi and Yasui are available from the <a href="https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/discovery/search?query=sub,equals,Japanese%20Americans%20--%20Forced%20removal%20and%20internment,%201942-1945%20--%20Personal%20narratives&tab=Everything&search_scope=OSU_Everything_Profile&vid=01ALLIANCE_OSU:OSU&offset=0" target="_blank">
Oregon State University Libraries</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Two other topics centered in the Pacific NW are worth mentioning. The Tule Lake concentration camp is notorious for housing a segregation center for those individuals who refused to give an unqualified "yes" to the government's
<a href="http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Loyalty%20questionnaire?_gl=1*1pjr5t5*_gcl_au*MTQ2NTkxNDY5Ny4xNzcxNTI2MTU4" target="_blank">
loyalty questionnaire</a>. The video, <a href="https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/discovery/search?vid=01ALLIANCE_OSU:OSU&tab=Everything&search_scope=OSU_Everything_Profile&query=any,contains,resistance%20at%20tule%20lake" target="_blank">
Resistance at Tule Lake,</a> is available from the Oregon State University libraries in DVD and online format. While licensing restrictions may make it impossible to watch the streaming video, the DVD may perhaps be ordered through interlibrary loan. These
individuals came to be known as the "no-no boys," and shunned in the Japanese American community after the war. Their story is discussed in John Okada's book,
<a href="https://siletz.aspendiscovery.org/Record/342706">No-no Boy,</a> available from our libraries, and in the DVD,
<a href="https://siletz.aspendiscovery.org/Record/983108?">Rabbit in the Moon</a>, also available from our libraries. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I always enjoyed these winter and spring months working in the library and celebrating the accomplishments of Black authors and history makers, Women, Arab Americans, AAPI individuals, and LGBTQ+ individuals. I hope that you set up your
displays and guides confident in the knowledge that helping people access information about our shared history is a library value, that the deliberate erasure of history is a radical act, and that acknowledging the struggles of others simply places American
history in context. Thank you for helping your patrons and students remember.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://jacl.org/statements/2026-day-of-remembrance?fbclid=IwY2xjawQESCFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJIek1MWUM4TkFCaXlKY2JPc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHu0MdRCc4cGxFZHk6cXhQoLAcEfDWg_4JDDVygF5kdWodG54e5cVX_yv7o59_aem_7j3Do8Gnk-Z9OXSps8UxNg" target="_blank">*On
The 84th Anniversary of the Day of Remembrance, JACL Calls for Vigilance Amid Efforts to Erase American History and Harm Immigrant Communities.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bryan Miyagishima (he/him), Director<o:p></o:p></p>
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