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Heart Mountain press releases provide updates on upcoming events, new exhibits, and news from the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and Interpretive Center; for high-resolution archival and contemporary images, visit the Media Kit or contact info@heartmountain.org, and for news from the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium (JACSC), click here—recent and past press releases are available below.
April 15, 2024
The remarkable life and career of Takashi Hoshizaki will be the focus of “The Importance of Telling the Japanese American Resisters’ Story,” an April 27 panel at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles led by the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and the Mineta-Simpson Institute. Hoshizaki, 98, is one of the few surviving […]
April 11, 2024
The efforts of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and other genealogical researchers were successful in stopping a proposed increase in fees to access alien cases files and other critical immigration records. A new rule released by the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service shows the fee for online file applications dropped from $65 to $30, a […]
April 11, 2024
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is accepting applications from educators interested in participating in its two six-day workshops in June 2024 to learn about the Japanese American incarceration during World War II. Part of the Landmarks of American History and Culture program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the workshops allow educators to experience […]
April 11, 2024
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (HMWF) is now providing educational materials about the Japanese American incarceration with the University of Wyoming’s Wallop Civic Engagement program. Named after former Senator Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming, the program distributes educational materials to Wyoming schools on multiple topics related to government and history. The program uses educational materials created by […]
April 11, 2024
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation has received its fourth consecutive Landmarks of American History and Culture grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct workshops for educators to study the Japanese American incarceration during World War II. The “Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and the Japanese American Incarceration” program will bring 72 teachers from around […]
April 11, 2024
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is happy to receive a 2023 Traveler’s Choice award from Tripadvisor, the travel service and advice website. The award goes to sites rated in the top 10 percent of world travel destinations by Tripadvisor members. The award is the latest recognition of the historical value and quality presentation of the […]
April 11, 2024
Early registration for the 2024 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage and the grand opening of the Mineta-Simpson Institute at Heart Mountain opens Friday, March 1 on the our Pilgrimage page. The Pilgrimage opens on Thursday, July 25 and runs through Saturday, July 27 at various locations in Cody and at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center. Early registrants […]
April 11, 2024
The Smithsonian Institution has selected the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation to join its network of Smithsonian Affiliates. As a Smithsonian Affiliate, the Foundation will have the opportunity to collaborate on unique educational programs and workshops, participate in professional development, co-develop youth programs, host traveling exhibitions, and other opportunities offered in collaboration with the Smithsonian. The […]
April 11, 2024
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation mourns the death March 8 of Judge Raymond S. Uno, a former Heart Mountain incarceree who became the first ethnic minority judge in Utah and president of the National Japanese American Citizens League. During his 93 years, Uno served in the Korean War, was a leader in the struggle for […]
April 11, 2024
Government records for the Heart Mountain incarcerees who resisted the draft during World War II are now available for family members, researchers, and the general public in our draft resisters section on the website. These files include interviews with camp and FBI officials, details about the incarcerees and their families and the loyalty questionnaires in which […]
March 27, 2024
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today that the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation is among 30 finalists for the 2024 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Heart Mountain is the third institution in Wyoming to be selected as a finalist for this award. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given […]
November 21, 2023
Sam Mihara, who was incarcerated at Heart Mountain as a child, received the Salem Award for Human Rights and Justice from the House of Seven Gables Settlement House in Salem, Massachusetts, on November 10. The award was granted in recognition of the work Mihara has done to educate Americans about the Japanese American incarceration during […]
