WATCH: Minidoka Song Film

On April 19, we welcomed the University of Idaho’s Constitutional Law class to Minidoka National Historic Site for a guided walking tour. Board member Nick Smith, who teaches in the University of Idaho College of Law, has played a key role in fostering this partnership—helping connect students with the site and expanding opportunities to pair educators with Minidoka’s resources. Led by Professor Benji Cover, the course examines constitutional issues such as due process, equal

Santa Barbara, CA artist and Minidoka descendant, Tama Takahashi, is hosting a solo art show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara of her large-scale photographs of Minidoka plus two sculptural pieces and a video installation. Tama would like to invite survivors, descendants, and their families to share their photos and stories to be included in the Memory Tree.

Micah Hetherington will be joining Friends of Minidoka full-time as our Program and Research Coordinator beginning May 1.