Life in Japanese Internment Camps: A Talk with Jean Umemura

500 West Washington Street,Indianapolis IN 46204

29 April, 2023

Description

Jean Umemura, a retired school teacher of 30 years from Allisonville Elementary School in Washington Township in Indianapolis, was just 14 years old and living in Seattle when she and her family were sent to a temporary internment camp in Puyallup, Washington. She and her family were later moved to a permanent camp in Minidoka, Idaho. One of 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans sent to these camps by the United States, Jean will discuss her experiences after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath of the anti-Japanese sentiment that followed. This event is sponsored by the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, the Japan-America Society of Indiana, the Japan Foundation, and Barnes & Thornburg. This ticket includes admission to the museum.