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Returning to Amache: Former Japanese American Internees Assist Archaeological Research Team

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Dennis Fujita, a retired chemistry professor who was interned in the Granada (Amache) Relocation Center in southeastern Colorado, writes about his experience as a volunteer assisting University of Denver anthropology professor Bonnie J. Clark with the research at the Amache site.

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Dennis Fujita, un profesor de química jubilado que estuvo internado en el Centro de Reubicación de Granada (Amache) en el sudeste de Colorado, escribe sobre su experiencia como voluntario ayudando a la profesora de antropología Bonnie J. Clark, de la Universidad de Denver, durante una investigación en el sitio de Amache.

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Dennis Fujita, professeur de chimie à la retraite autrefois interné au centre de déplacement Granada (Amache) au sud-est du Colorado, raconte son expérience à la professeure d’anthropologie adjointe bénévole de l’Université de Denver, Bonnie J. Clark, durant l’étude du site d’Amache.

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Fujita, D.K. Returning to Amache: Former Japanese American Internees Assist Archaeological Research Team. Hist Arch 52, 553–560 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-018-0129-4

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