Colorado's Japanese Americans: From 1886 to the Present

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I N D E X P A G E 255 Abiko, Kyutaro, 31 Abo, Ron, 20 Abo Copeland Architecture, Inc., 20 Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, 192 Adams County, 115–16, 119. See also Brighton Adams State College, 122 Agricultural Commodity Credit Board, 229 Agriculture, 13–14, 20, 38, 51; Amache relocation center and, 103–4; in Arkansas River valley, 16, 39–40; business of, 223–24; farm renting and, 48–50; in Mexico, 44–45; in San Luis Valley, 121–23; in South Platte valley, 46, 52–53. See also Farms Aigaki, Takeshi, 20 Akebono Restaurant, 108, 166 Akihito, Emperor, visit of, 208–9, 210–15 Akimoto, John, 156 Akimoto, Victor, 156 Akiyoshi, Yutaka, 108 Alamosa, 61, 70, 72 Alamosa–La Jara Kyudokai, 70 I N D E X Alaska, relocation from, 7, 87 Albany Hotel, 137 Aliens, property rights of, 116–18 Allaire, Denisse Yamashita, 219 Allegiance, during World War II, 130–31 Aluminum recycling, 188 Amache. See Granada Amache Club, 114 Amache High School, 104–5 American Friends Service Committee, 152 Americanism Education League of Los Angeles, 118 American Legion, 152–53, 162, 163 American Potato Company, 122–23 Amoco, 188 Ando, Curtis Tadashi, 156 Ando, Tosh, 147 Anschutz, 188 Anti-alien land laws, 116–17, 118, 119 Anti-Japanese sentiment, 33–35, 36, 76 Aoki, Fred, 108, 166 Aoki, Rocky, 203 Aoki, Shiro, 203 Aoki, Yunosuke, 203 Aoyagi, Harry, 80 Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. I N D E X P A G E 256 Aoyama (Oyama), Kiku, 24–25 Aoyama, Yoshiharu, 156 “Application for Leave Clearance” questionnaire, 130–31 Arai, Yoshiaki, 154, 163 Arakawa, Adele, 11, 13 Arapahoe Community College, 184, 190 Arauchi, Iwataro, 60 Ariki, Joe, 18 Ariki, Kate, 18 Arita, Art, 10 Arizona, 7, 87, 101 Arkansas, 101 Arkansas River Valley, 16, 38, 39–40, 103, 105–6, 222, 230 Arontson, Jessica Natsuko, 139 Arvada, 42, 59, 63–64 Arvada Center, 217 Asahi (newspaper), 126 Asakawa, Gil, 12 Asakawa, Glen, 12 Asian Exclusion Act, 2, 236–38 Asian Pacific Development Center, 238– 39 Aspen, 26 Aspen Club, 181 Aspen Society, 240 Assimilation, 118 Association of Colorado County Administrators, 40 Athletes, 19 Atwood, 46, 47–49 Ault, 66 Aurora, 40 Awards, Japanese government, 195–97 Ban, Shinzaburo, 32 Barasushi, 202 Barker, Lindy, 176 Barker Dam, 15, 47, 48 Batterton, Dick, 172–73 Bell, Tsuru Thelma, 53 Benihana, 203 Bennett, Albert L., 78 Berkeley (Calif.), Institute of Buddhist Studies in, 75 Binna, Charles, 117 Blakey, Richard, 120, 121 Blakey and West Real Estate Company, 120 Blanca, 222 Boss system, and railroad labor, 30–31 Boulder, 185, 240; Japanese language school in, 137, 138, 139–44 Boulder County Business Hall of Fame, 234–35 BPWM. See British Political Warfare Mission Bradley & Associates. See William Bradley & Associates Braiden, L. A., 70 Breckenridge, 18 Brest, 171–72 Brides, Japanese, 50, 52 Brighton, 14–15, 72, 110–11, 117, 118, 119, 220; Sakata family in, 226–29 Brighton Community Hospital, 229 British Political Warfare Mission (BPWM), 137 Brown, Sidney, 144 Brown Palace Hotel, 210, 213–14 Brush, 47 Bruton Bertram and Associates, 165 Buckeye Land and Livestock Company, 230 Buckmaster, Akiko, 239 Buddhism, Buddhists, 248, 249; in Denver, 65–68, 72–75; in other areas, 69–71 Buddhist Church of La Jara, 70–71 Buena Vista (Mexico), 44 Burlington Northern Railroad, 32 Businesses, 32, 239–40; in Denver, 107– 9; Japanese investment in, 180, 181, 182–83, 187–88, 190–91; in other towns, 109–10. See also Farms; Restaurants California, 7, 87, 101, 153; anti-alien land law in, 116, 119; labor relations in, 33–34; racism in, 236–37; recruitment from, 120–21 California Street Methodist Church, 59, 60, 61, 62–63 Carr, Ralph L., 9, 12, 87; and Japanese Americans, 90, 93–96, 97–99, 168; and politics, 92–93 Carter, Jimmy, 148 Casinos, 153 Castellano, John, 99 Cathay American Legion Post 185, 152, 153 I N D E X P A G E 257 Center for International Exchange U.S., 179 Central Pacific Railroad, 37 Chenoweth, J. Edgar, 224 Cherry Blossom Festival, 167 Cherry Creek Senior High School, 175 Chevron, 188 Chikuma, Emi Katagiri, 218 China, Japanese aggression in, 53, 85 Chinese, 37–38, 152 Chinese Exclusion Act, 27, 30, 38 Chino, and Longmont, 179–81 Chiwata, K. C., 182 Christianity, 27, 58–60, 248, 249 Churches, Japanese membership in, 54, 55, 57, 58–60 Citizenship, 116, 119, 147, 238...