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Register for the Pilgrimage! June 20 – June 23, 2013 Pilgrimage will be able to: - Tour inside a historic barrack building and mess hall. - Walk the trail along the reconstructed fence running from the stone entrance buildings along the North Side Canal to the historic swimming hole (about a mile). - View the new building completed to house Minidoka collections items. - Tour the Minidoka National Historic Site. led by by National Park Service staff. - Attend the commemorative Closing Ceremony at Minidoka. The annual Civil Liberties Symposium, sponsored by Friends of Minidoka, will be held at the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) June 20-21. The Pilgrimage will begin in Twin Falls on Thursday evening, June 20, 2013. Registration deadline is June 1, 2013. Further information and registration forms available on the Pilgrimage website.  If you are unable to access the forms and information by computer and prefer them mailed to you, please leave your name and address with Ann Fujii Lindwall at 206-367-8749 or Fujiilindwall@comcast.net. |
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2013 Taiko Festival is just around the corner! Feb 17, 2013 1:00 PM Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium Get your tickets now! In honor of Japanese American Day of Remembrance, the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee and Seattle University are proud to present this year's Day of Remembrance Taiko Festival 2013. This year will feature the exhibits "Ancestry is not a Crime: A Tribute to Gordon Hirabayashi" and "My Minidoka" original photographs. Doors to the exhibits in Pigott Atrium located just outside the auditorium will open at Noon. The Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee will also have merchandise for sale during the event. |
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Fall 2012 Newsletter Our Fall 2012 Newsletter is now available online. The newsletter is being sent by postal mail to members, and by email to all of those who have subscribed to FoM updates. |
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Support Needed for Guard Tower Reconstruction The Friends of Minidoka was awarded a two-for-one matching grant from the 2012 Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program for $280,378 to reconstruct a guard tower at Minidoka. Only 17 projects were selected. The guard tower project is a two-year project that will restore the entrance of the camp to more closely resemble what former incarcerees witnessed when confined at Minidoka. The tower will be constructed with the same materials as originally created and placed in its historical location. We are honored to be working with two faculty members at Boise State University’s Department of Construction Management, Dr. Rebecca Mirsky and Dr. Casey Cline. They will develop a class to research, construct, and install the guard tower at the Minidoka National Historic Site with the help of National Park Service staff. This class is scheduled to take place during the spring semester 2013. The Friends of Minidoka needs to raise $16,200 for this project to meet our match requirement for the grant. We need your help to make this successful. Please help us by donating to complete this project! Thank you for your support! Click here to donate to the Guard Tower project |
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Idaho Supreme Court allows Confined Animal Feedlot Operation (CAFO) The Friends of Minidoka is extremely disappointed by the Idaho Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the a permit to build a 8,000 head Confined Animal Feedlot Operation (CAFO) near Minidoka. Join the letter writing campaign to the National Park Service and our Congress to get them to take action! Click here for more information and a sample letter. |
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Minidoka Interlude Friends of Minidoka has completed another publication of the Minidoka Interlude. The Interlude was a year book of sorts that cataloged events and people at Minidoka. Click here for order form (PDF). |
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2012 Minidoka Civil Liberties Symposium Thursday, June 21-Friday, 22, 2012 Simplot Ballroom, Boise State University Theme: “Through the Eyes of Children: Prejudice, Education, and Community”. Speakers will address the following children’s experiences: Japanese Americans during World War II incarceration, Native American boarding school education, African American school integration, and labor camp migratory lifestyle. Read More... |
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2012 Minidoka Pilgrimage Thursday, June 21 - Sunday, June 24, 2012. We are celebrating our 10th Annual Pilgrimage and recognizing the 70th Anniversary signing of Executive Order 9066! Click here for more information and to register. |
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Honor Roll In 2010, The Friends of Minidoka was awarded a $17,295 Confinement Site Grant from the National Parks Service (NPS) to re-establish the Honor Roll at the Minidoka National Historic Site. The Honor Roll was unveiled at the Pilgrimage this summer. Read more... |
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