by Admin | Oct 13, 2020 | Project Activity, Touched by Dispossession
Here is our series of articles based on the four claims of Landscapes of Injustice. Claim series 1 Jordan Stanger-Ross Vivian Rygnestad Look up! Landscapes of Injustice has a new logo. We decided to refresh our look this summer, just in time for our signature public... 
by Admin | Oct 13, 2020 | News, Project Activity, Touched by Dispossession
Photo credits: James Hollko By Mike Abe It was an honour to speak at the event launch of the Lost Fleet Exhibit at the Maritime Museum of British Columbia in January. The exhibit was on loan from the Vancouver Maritime Museum from Jan.-Mar., 2019. At the launch, I... 
by Admin | Jul 16, 2018 | Project Activity, Touched by Dispossession
Submitted by Ron Kadowaki My father, Tadashi Kadowaki, along with my grandfather, Katsuki Kadowaki, were commercial salmon gillnet fishermen at North Pacific Cannery on the Skeena River before the Second World War. With the internment, their boats were confiscated and... 
by Admin | Aug 26, 2016 | Touched by Dispossession
The Town That Time Plum Forgot By Michael Abe My mother, Ruth Abe (nee Toyota) was a young girl when her family was uprooted and sent to Popoff and New Denver during WWII. She was the second youngest of 14 children born to Shoshichi and Kiriye (nee Obuchi) Toyota... 
by Admin | Feb 5, 2016 | Touched by Dispossession
“Tied up” – Mixed media collage -Lillian Michiko Blakey In 1996, I asked my mother Lillie Reiko Hamaguchi to write her story for her grandchildren. Since then I have been dedicating my artwork to the telling of my family story of relocation. See... by Admin | Jul 9, 2015 | Touched by Dispossession
This is one of the entries of short anecdotes about writer Sally Ito’s late Nisei great aunt. This one deals with dispossession, but not your usual possessions. You can read all forty stories at http://cowbird.com/grdvph/stories/chronological/ 1500 Chickens By...