Project Grant P23AP01996

Award Date 8/23/23
Completion Date 11/1/25
Dollars Obligated $94K
Federal Agency
Intermountain Region
Federal Grant Program
15.933
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
California, USA
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: P23AS00031 THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES (JACS) GRANT PROGRAM (PUBLIC LAW 109-441, 120 STAT. 3288) PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES WORKING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES AND THEIR HISTORY, INCLUDING: PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF U.S. CONFINEMENT SITES WHERE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE DETAINED DURING WORLD WAR II. PURPOSE OF AWARD:OVERARCHING GOAL. TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II. OBJECTIVES. TO COMPLETE PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES: THE NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. (NJAHS) WILL PUBLISH, DISTRIBUTE, AND PUBLICIZE A BOOK ON LIBIA MAOKI YAMAMOTO, WHO WAS TAKEN FROM PERU AND TRANSPORTED TO CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS WHERE SHE WAS INCARCERATED FROM AGE SEVEN TO ELEVEN. MS. YAMAMOTOS STORY REVEALS A LESS WELL-KNOWN PART OF HISTORY WHERE PEOPLE OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY FROM LATIN AMERICA WERE CAPTURED AND HELD AT CONFINEMENT SITES IN THE U.S. THE MEMOIR WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH 2,500 PRINTED COPIES AND AN ELECTRONIC VERSION WILL BE UPLOADED TO THE NJAHS WEBSITE. NJAHS WILL ALSO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP POSSIBLE ONLINE CURRICULUM MATERIALS SUCH AS LESSONS PLANS FOR TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES:PUBLICATION OF MANUSCRIPT RELATED OUTREACH AND DISTRIBUTION. BENEFICIARIES:THE PUBLIC EDUCATORS NPS JACS SITES ORGANIZATIONS PRESERVING JACS SITES AND HISTORY

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