From Our Heart
Kokoro Kara Magazine
Kokoro Kara (“From Our Heart”) is our award-winning magazine. The publication includes original feature articles on Heart Mountain history, contributions by former incarcerees and their descendants, updates on the Foundation’s work, and news related to the Japanese American incarceration. Digital copies of past issues of the Kokoro Kara magazine can be viewed below, along with expanded online articles.
Do you have questions about the magazine or would you like to submit an article proposal for a future issue? Contact the editor and designer, Kate O’Shea, at kate@heartmountain.org.
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Current Year Issues
Expanded Online Articles
Japanese American Pioneers of the Bighorn Basin
Read about the stories of Wyoming’s Japanese American pioneers who settled in the state before World War II.
Father Luke Yokota
Reverend Luke Tadazumi Yokota dedicated his life to the Episcopal Church, establishing a thriving congregation that reached beyond the barbed wire while he and his family were incarcerated at Heart Mountain.
Recreating a Taste of “Home”
Food is never just about sustenance or survival; it is also about comfort, cultural adaptation & resilience, and even power. Read about the challenge of finding good food while incarcerated.
What’s in a Name?
Read about the important role names play in human identity and details about the Irei Names Monument project.
Kokoro Kara Magazine
2020 Issues
Volume 10 - Issue 1
Volume 10 - Issue 2
Volume 10 - Issue 3
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2019 Issues
Volume 9 - Issue 1
Volume 9 - Issue 2
Volume 9 - Issue 3
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2018 Issues
Volume 8 - Issue 1
Volume 8 - Issue 2
Volume 8 - Issue 3
Volume 8 - Issue 4
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2017 Issues
Volume 7 - Issue 1
Volume 7 - Issue 2
Volume 7 - Issue 3
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2016 Issues
Volume 6 - Issue 1
Volume 6 - Issue 2
Volume 6 - Issue 3
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2015 Issues
Volume 5 - Issue 1
Volume 5 - Issue 2
Volume 5 - Issue 3
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2014 Issues
Volume 4 - Issue 1
Volume 4 - Issue 2
Volume 4 - Issue 3
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2013 Issues
Volume 3 - Issue 1
Volume 3 - Issue 2
Volume 3 - Issue 3
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2012 Issues
Volume 2 - Issue 1
Volume 2 - Issue 2
Volume 2 - Issue 3
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2011 Issues
Volume 1 - Issue 1
Volume 1 - Issue 2