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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation

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We share the history of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II at the site where 14,000 people were unjustly imprisoned between August 1942 and November 1945. See more at www.heartmountain.org

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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No one works harder than Sam Mihara when it comes to sharing the history of the Japanese American incarceration. This weekend, he's in Homer, Alaska. Learn more here: www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/10/09/w...
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A WWII camp for Japanese Americans cost his father his sight and his grandfather his life. In Alaska, he explains why he still tells the story
Sam Mihara was 9 when his family was sent to Heart Mountain in Wyoming. The retired rocket scientist is a keynote speaker at the Alaska Historical Society’s conference in Homer.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Executive Director Aura Sunada Newlin spent the weekend at Pasadena's Huntington Library for Asian Exclusion and the Battle for Birthright Citizenship with Harvard's Erika Lee, right, and a host of other experts on birthright citizenship from around the country.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We created a set of Japanese American incarceration flashcards to help educators in their classrooms and beyond, thanks to our grant from the Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education program of the National Park Service. Coming soon to a classroom near you!
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Join us at 5:30 p.m., Oct. 8 for Conversations on Democracy Global Challenges in the Late 2020s: Patterns, Problems, and Prospects. Speakers are Ambassador Tom Dougherty, Drs. Nevin Aiken and Jean Garrison of the University of Wyoming and Dr. Aura Sunada Newlin of HMWF.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy 101st birthday to Heart Mountain board member Takashi Hoshizaki. He's the surviving draft resister from Heart Mountain during the war. He will receive the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun later this month in Los Angeles.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our first traveling teacher workshop sponsored by a grant from the Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education program of the National Park Service at the Historical Museum of Fort Missoula and the Mansfield Center at @umontana was a big success. Thanks to all!
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dale Kunitomi was born behind the barbed wire at Heart Mountain, and he became one of our most active volunteers and frequent pilgrimage attendees. We'll miss him and our thoughts go out to his family, including his brother Darrell, one of our board members. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Two National Park Service grants will help us start restoring our historic hospital buildings, spread education about the Japanese American incarceration and honor the incarcerated Nisei soldiers who died while serving our country overseas. www.wyotoday.com/heart-mounta...
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Heart Mountain receives two key NPS grants
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (HMWF) has received two National Park Service grants that will support projects to honor the sacrifices of Japanese American soldiers, support educational work wi...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"What makes the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center especially moving is that everything is presented in first person, making the experience intimate and immediate rather than something that happened long ago to strangers," writes Beth Reiber. See here: bethreiber.com/heart-mounta...
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Heart Mountain: A Story of Japanese American Internment - TravelReiber
Wyoming's Heart Mountain, a National Historic Landmark, gives first-person accounts of Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What a great week with students from Japan's Meiji Gakuin University, Josai International University and museum professionals from Japan during our seminar at Heart Mountain sponsored by a grant from the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Students from Japan's Meiji Gakuin University are getting a full dose of Heart Mountain and Cody hospitality during their weeklong seminar at Heart Mountain. They toured our site with Sybil Kawano and Marc Sugiyama-Mann and then had an after-church brunch at the home of Pete and Lynne Simpson.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We're proud to be a Smithsonian affiliate, and we thank Dr. Lonnie Bunch for everything he's done for this great institution.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Maria Shiguemi Ichiyama, right, is a professor at Josai International University and a great friend of Heart Mountain. We're glad that she and her team are at Heart Mountain this week as part of an educational exchange program supported by the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Community project specialist Carter Reed gave a great presentation on Wyoming’s History Through Listeners’ Eyes at the Mineta-Simpson Institute Thursday. The historic images—captured by listeners from across the state—offered unique perspectives on Wyoming’s landscapes, communities, and heritage.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Animation legend Willie Ito drew the incredible illustrations for Shig Yabu's Hello Maggie! and developed the animated film that will show this Wednesday, Aug. 26 in Santa Cruz. See below for more details: lookout.co/willie-itos-...
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Willie Ito’s incredible journey from a WWII incarceration camp to Disney animation comes to life in ‘Hello, Maggie!’
At 92, legendary animator Willie Ito is still drawing on his childhood experience in a Japanese American incarceration camp to tell stories of hope. The former Disney, Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera a...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto is a master koto player and Heart Mountain descendant. She showed participants in our Smithsonian Folkways workshop how Japanese American incarcerees relied on traditional music and performances to endure their incarceration.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We have extended the period in which people can buy tickets for our annual raffle until October. That's because this year's prize is so much better. See more details and how to enter here: secure.qgiv.com/for/2026hear...
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Heart Mountain Pilgrimage Raffle, Stay and Play Package 2027
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Tokinobu Mihara was forced into Heart Mountain and went blind because he couldn’t see his eye doctor. The U.S. government is allowing that to happen again. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...
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He Was Deported to a Country He’d Never Heard Of. He May Never Go Free.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Rev. Wesley Oda's family was incarcerated at Heart Mountain. That experience is one reason why he opposes an ICE detention center in San Jose. www.nichibei.org/2026/08/ja-c...
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JA community, politicians oppose planned ICE detention center | Nichi Bei News
SAN JOSE — Community members held signs in front of the Issei Memorial Building in San Jose’s Japantown on July 29, protesting a planned Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention center […]
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It was an honor to host the 25 organizers, artists, donors, and community leaders from 21 states at our site on June 30. They came together to honor our county's history and emphasize the need to tell a complete history. That's our mission. nonprofitquarterly.org/while-the-co...
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While the Country Celebrated Its 250th, We Went to Heart Mountain | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
A group visits Heart Mountain, where nearly 15,000 Japanese Americans were held during World War II. Heart Mountain offers lessons on coalition building, resistance and defiance, survival, organizing,...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Our hearts go out to the Simpson family on the passing of Ann Simpson. She was a constant pillar of support to the Heart Mountain family, for which we are eternally grateful. cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/31/a...
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Ann Simpson, Wife Of Late Sen. Al Simpson, Died In Daughter's Arms Friday Morning
Ann Simpson, mother of three and wife of 70 years to prominent Wyoming political figure and late U.S. Sen. Al Simpson, died Friday morning in her…
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our final numbers are in for this WyoGives 2026! We raised $112,550! Sam Mihara's match was made and then some! Heart Mountain is sixth for WyoGives donations this year with 118 total donors among the more than 550 participating Wyoming nonprofits.Thanks for all of your help!
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Congratulations to Katsuya Izumi of Trinity College for receiving a grant to study writings from Japanese American incarceration sites. He's looking into the Heart Mountain Bungei and other publications. www.trincoll.edu/news/trinity...
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Trinity College Faculty Member Receives Grant from Association for Asian Studies
Katsuya Izumi, senior lecturer in language and culture studies, has received a grant award from the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies to support research for an upcoming boo...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Our interpretive center will be closed on Saturday, July 25, for a private event. Please see our website at www.heartmountain.org for further details about our hours. We will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., for all days the rest of the week.
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National Historic Landmark - Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American
Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American Confinement Site: award-winning interpretive center & National Historic Landmark site.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thanks to the Mellon Foundation for highlighting the Mineta-Simpson Institute, which was made possible thanks to their generous $3.2 million donation. Finding common ground is our mission. It's still possible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCQL...
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They grew up on opposite sides of history. Their friendship built something new.
YouTube video by Big Think Creative Studio
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We're wishing a happy 92nd birthday to the legendary animator Willie Ito, the creative vision behind Hello Maggie! We'll miss him at our pilgrimage next week, but he'll be at San Diego Comic-Con.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
There are eight more hours to donate to our WyoGives campaign. Total donations up to $50,000 will be matched by board member Sam Mihara, a nationally recognized educator and 2025 NEH Jefferson Lecturer. www.wyogives.org/organization...
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Support Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | WyoGives
I’m ready to support Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation on July 15, 2026 during WyoGives. Learn more about Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and all the other organizations participating in WyoGive...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
WyoGives Day is here! Sam Mihara is matching the first $50,000 we raise today. We appreciate your support. You can give here: www.wyogives.org/organization...
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Support Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | WyoGives
I’m ready to support Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation on July 15, 2026 during WyoGives. Learn more about Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and all the other organizations participating in WyoGive...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Tomorrow, July 15, is WyoGives day! All donations up to a total of $50,000 will be matched by Sam Mihara, Heart Mountain board member extraordinaire. We're grateful for your support. www.wyogives.org/organization...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Wednesday, July 15 is WyoGives day. Heart Mountain board member Sam Mihara will match the first $50,000 in donations. Please see more information here: www.wyogives.org/organization...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We are proud to be a Smithsonian affiliate and work with Dr. Anthea Hartig, Director of the National Museum of American History. She has an unwavering commitment to accuracy and the truth. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Column | The only bias uncovered in the White House Smithsonian report is its own
A White House report alleges radical bias at the American History museum. But the assembled evidence reveals a large and vibrant institution carrying out its mission.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Our two recent workshops for educators sponsored by the Walk Family foundations and the Library of Congress show the strength of our education program. rivertonranger.com/news/state/e...
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Education in action at Heart Mountain
Educator workshops about the Japanese American incarceration at the Mineta-Simpson Institute attracted teachers from around the country who learned how to teach the subject through primary sources, de...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Save the date! Wednesday, July 15 is WyoGives Day. The first $50,000 in donations will be matched by Heart Mountain board member, educator and former incarceree Sam Mihara. Help us continue our work. www.wyogives.org/organization...
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Support Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | WyoGives
I’m ready to support Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation on July 15, 2026 during WyoGives. Learn more about Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and all the other organizations participating in WyoGive...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Our interpretive center will be closed Tuesday, June 30, because we're hosting a private event and two bus tours. We'll be open regular hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, June 29, on Wednesday, July 1 and all days afterward. For more information, see our website at www.heartmountain.org
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National Historic Landmark - Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American
Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American Confinement Site: award-winning interpretive center & National Historic Landmark site.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Researchers and family members routinely access records stored in the National Archives facilities. We’re on the lookout to ensure access to vital information remains open to those who seek it. federalnewsnetwork.com/facilities-c...
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National Archives to transition out of three federal records centers | Federal News Network
The decision is expected to cut costs and reduce the agency’s real estate portfolio, but it’s not yet clear how the moves will impact NARA employees.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Our interpretive center will be closed Tuesday, June 30, because we're hosting a private event and two bus tours. We'll be open regular hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, June 29, on Wednesday, July 1 and all days afterward. For more information, see www.heartmountain.org.
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National Historic Landmark - Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American
Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American Confinement Site: award-winning interpretive center & National Historic Landmark site.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Tuesday, July 15 is WyoGives Day. Learn more about our campaign here and please consider donating: www.wyogives.org/organization...
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Support Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | WyoGives
I’m ready to support Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation on July 15, 2026 during WyoGives. Learn more about Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and all the other organizations participating in WyoGive...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Led by Sybil Kawano, our museum educator, the weeklong teacher workshops backed by the Walk Family foundations were a tremendous success thanks to the hard work of our team at the Mineta-Simpson Institute at Heart Mountain. Thirty teachers came to learn about the Japanese American incarceration.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thanks to Serve Wyoming and Americorps, we've received a planning to develop the new Kids Cultivate program. It's going to be a great opportunity to educate local kids about agriculture and history. rivertonranger.com/news/state/h...
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Heart Mountain receives Serve Wyoming planning grant
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation has received a $96,129 planning grant from Serve Wyoming to develop its “Kids Cultivate” program to educate children about agriculture and train future docents fo...
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Takashi Hoshizaki explains why he resisted being drafted into the Army while he and his family were incarcerated at Heart Mountain. www.ktvq.com/america-250/...
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100-year-old Heart Mountain internee recalls draft resistance during World War II
All 63 men went to trial in Cheyenne, where a judge found them guilty of violating the Selective Services Act and sentenced them to three years in federal prison.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thanks to the House Appropriations Committee for passing a National Park Service spending bill that restored $4.65 million for the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) program that pays for projects such as root cellar restoration.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We're gratified by the support we've received from the Wyoming congressional delegation and the Interior Department for the transfer of the land that houses our historic hospital building. It's important to gain control of the land, so we can restore the buildings, which are rapidly falling apart.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Your book is here, too, @bradfordpearson.bsky.social
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We have a lot of great books in our museum store, so we created these shelf talkers to tell you more about them. Come check them out in person.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thanks to the Daughters of the American Revolution, we’re restoring the honor roll featuring the names of the Heart Mountain soldiers who fought in World War II. Aura Sunada Newlin has the details here.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
After previous subcommittee chairmen balked, Rep. Barney Frank championed the cause of Japanese American redress, working with Norman Mineta to get the 1988 Civil Liberties Act through Congress and signed by President Reagan. RIP, Barney Frank. www.axios.com/2026/05/20/b...
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Barney Frank, gay rights icon and architect of bank rules, dies at 86
He was an architect of the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and a LGBTQ+ trailblazer.
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Join Executive Director Aura Sunada Newlin for the Buffalo Gals luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West featuring acclaimed Wyoming artist, author, and photographer Lindsay Linton Buk. See more here: centerofthewest.org/event/buffal...
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Buffalo Gals Luncheon: Women Shaping the West
Buffalo Gals LuncheonMay 20, 2026 | 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.Location: Draper Natural History Museum Tile Map  Celebrate the women shaping the modern West at
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Tickets are now available for the 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 23 show of Defining Courage at the Wynona Thompson Theater in Cody. See more information here! This event is sponsored in part by Wyoming's Semiquincentennial Celebration: A Declaration of Imagination, and Travel Wyoming
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Tickets are now available for the 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 23 showing of Defining Courage at the Wynona Thompson Theater in Cody. It's part of the annual Heart Mountain pilgrimage. See more information here and please join us for a great show!
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation @heartmountain.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Tickets are now available for the 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 23 showing of Defining Courage at the Wynona Thompson Theater in Cody. It's part of the annual Heart Mountain pilgrimage. See more information here and please join us for a great show!
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