Additional Resources
Podcasts
Almost Home JAPANESE HISTORY IN THE HOOD RIVER VALLEY In 2015, Min Yasui was the
first Oregonian to ever receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom - our nation's highest civilian
honor. Min was a first generation Japanese American, born right here in Hood River. This story
includes FBI spying, unexpected death, the largest mass incarceration in U.S. history, and a
small town in Oregon struggling with newfound notoriety. This is an immigrant story turned
national narrative, one still relevant more than a century later.
Tribal Fishing in the Pacific Northwest THE FISH WARS In this episode you’ll hear one piece of
a much larger history. It considers a fight for civil rights that is uniquely connected to the Pacific
Northwest, and the ensuing violence – the Fish Wars - that took place. It shares the story of
fisherwoman, Terrie Brigham, her family - and the salmon in the Columbia River.
Books and Articles
Baker-Gard, S., Freiling, M. J., & Takikawa, S. (Eds.). (2023). They never asked : senryū poetry from the WWII Portland Assembly Center. Oregon State University Press.
Berg, L. (Ed.). (2007). The first Oregonians (Second edition.). Oregon Council for the Humanities.
Biel, J. (2022). The enduring legacy of Portland’s Black Panthers : the roots of free healthcare, free breakfast, and neighborhood control in Oregon. Microcosm Publishing.
Kessler, L. (1993). Stubborn twig : three generations in the life of a Japanese American family (1st ed.). Random House.
Langer, E. (2003). A hundred little Hitlers : the death of a black man, the trial of a white racist, and the rise of the neo-Nazi movement in America (1st ed.). Metropolitan Books.
McLagan, E. (2022). A peculiar paradise : a history of blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940 (Second edition.). Oregon State University Press.
Moreland, K. S. (2013). African Americans of Portland. Arcadia Publishing.
Wong, M. R. (2004). Sweet cakes, long journey : the Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon. University of Washington Press.
Yasui, B. (2023). Passing it On: Preserving and Sharing the History of the Yasui Brothers Store. Oregon Historical Quarterly, 124(4), 392–421.
Community Resources
Voices of Remembrance
Expo Futures Project
The Vanport Mosaic - The Living Archive
Albina Community Archive
Albina Music Trust
Albina Soul Walk