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National Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association seeks compensation for wartime losses.1947
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Japanese Canadians gather in 1947 to first seek redress for wartime injustices.Image credit The New Canadian, 1947.
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Roy Miki at podium at 'Writing the Wrong' event1988
Kaslo,BC
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The Langham Cultural Society is proud of the modest contributions that we have made to telling this story.98
Langham Dedication1988
Kaslo,BC
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The Langham sponsored Writing the Wrong event was a small but important step on the road to redress, being the first occasion in which elected representatives of all three levels of government apologized to Japanese Canadians for past injustices.100
The New Canadian Show1992
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The New Canadian Show was created in the Langham for the 50th anniversary of the first Kaslo issue of the New Canadian, and toured to Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.102
Langham Museum Team and Special Guests1992
Kaslo,BC
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'Ghost Dancers' Tsuneko Kokuba and Bonnie Soon greet visitors at Langham Museum opening.1992
Kaslo,BC
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Bunks in Langham Museum1992
Kaslo,BC
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Visitors to Langham Cultural Society headquarters in the old Langham Hotel will see the Japanese Canadian story graphically told in our small museum and archival display.106
By Muriel Kitagawa as published in The New Canadian1945
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The generosity of the Japanese Canadian community through The Japanese Canadian Redress Foundation and individual donors have assisted the Langham Cultural Society in its valuable historic work.Thank you to all Japanese Canadians for continuing to ensure that their story is retold, the that the fight against racism is ongoing. Special thanks to Aya Higashi, Tommy Shoyama, Frank Moritsugu, Marge Umezuki, and the Japanese Canadian Community at large for their efforts in educating us to the historic significance of The Kaslo Years of the New Canadian. Thanks also to Elizabeth Scarlett and the Kootenay Lake Archives for their ongoing invaluable assistance.
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