Amache National Historic Site

Ameohtse’e Ochinee Prowers

1943 Amache Senior High School valedictorian commencement speech by Marion Konishi

Anti-Asian laws and policies in the late 1800s and early 1900s

Construction of Amache began on June 12, 1942, using a huge workforce of nearly a thousand people, including incarcerees who left the temporary detention centers early to assist in this effort. Because many of the buildings were hastily built, there were often gaps between the insulation board walls and the wooden frames of the barracks, allowing the dust, cold, heat, and insects to easily infiltrate incarcerees’ living spaces.

At Amache, stories of deep injustice, alongside stories of resilience and courage, can help us reflect on how we want to move forward in a world shaped by climate change.

The National Park Service's High Plains Group is a collection of four parks spanning over 200 miles among the prairies and grasslands of southeastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico. This article bears witness to a vast story which threads all of them together through geography, culture, ecology, human enterprise, and social exchange.

This is the exact wording of EO 9066.

Johnny Akimoto was the youngest of four Akimoto brothers.

Kay Sasaki grew up in Yuba City, California, before being forcibly removed and incarcerated at the Merced Assembly Center and the Granada (Amache) Relocation Center. In 1944, he volunteered for military service, kickstarting a life-long career in counterintelligence.