![]() KING: After the war, the Inabas returned to central Washington. INABA: The people in the communities complained that the Japanese who were in the camps were eating better than they were. Lon Inaba says his family grew food there, too. The Inabas were sent to Heart Mountain in Wyoming. government forcibly removed West Coast Japanese people and interned them in camps. KING: After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. The way he got around the law was to lease farmland on the Yakama reservation. But as a person of Asian descent, he couldn't legally become a citizen or own land. in 1907 after getting a degree in agriculture back in Japan. KING: Inaba's grandfather came to the U.S. LON INABA: The tribal people have been really good to my family, and this is a way for us to return the favor. ![]() Now Lon Inaba wants to retire and is selling the land, but not just to anyone. Four generations of this family have farmed here. ![]() The Northwest News Network's Anna King has the story of an attempt to repair that relationship in central Washington.ĪNNA KING, BYLINE: It's a race against winter to load heavy pallets of squash on the 1,500-acre Inaba Farm near Yakama. In recent years, land acknowledgements have become one way to address injustices against Native Americans, but acknowledgement is one thing. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |