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Sakaye Inouye Aratani oral history interview, part 1 of 1, January 25, 2007

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2007OH0744_01_Aratani.xml

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Title

Sakaye Inouye Aratani oral history interview, part 1 of 1, January 25, 2007

Creator

Aratani, Sakaye Inouye: narrator

Yamazaki-Sato, Christine: interviewer

Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher

Description

Sakaye Aratani begins the interview by giving background information about her parents, and her childhood years growing up in Gardena and Los Angeles, California. Next, she describes life in Poston Concentration Camp and meeting, dating, marriage, and starting a family with George Aratani . She concludes the interview with discussions on her philanthropic activities, and gives a message for the younger Japanese American generations to learn about their Japanese ancestry.

Subject

Community activities

Identity and values--American Japanese

Industry and employment--Banking

Industry and employment--Homemaking

Social activities

Type

Format

video/m4v

Extent

1:02:36

Language

Date

Spatial Coverage

Los Angeles, California

Source

Go For Broke National Education Center

Identifier

2007OH0744_01_Aratani

Oral History Item Type Metadata

URL

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/744-Aratani-Sakaye-1.m4v

Date of Birth

1919 Dec 11

Location of Birth

Los Angeles, California

Incarceration Facilities

Poston Concentration Camp

Entrance into Service

Collection

Sakaye Aratani oral history interview, January 25, 2007

Tags

banking, family, Gila River, Japanese American community, Japanese American identity, marriage, philanthropy, Poston Incarceration Camp

Citation

Aratani, Sakaye Inouye: narrator, Yamazaki-Sato, Christine: interviewer, and Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher, “Sakaye Inouye Aratani oral history interview, part 1 of 1, January 25, 2007,” accessed March 6, 2021, https://ndajams.omeka.net/items/show/1056159.