Then suddenly there were more wolves around me. Where was I? The forest loomed around me, and there was a mass of dark shapes (were they people?) that watched me. It was like Little Red Riding Hood come to life. I didn’t know where Mama or Papa were they were there, but then they weren’t. I tried to run-no, float-away, but I wasn’t moving. The clouds covered the moon, and all at once I knew I wasn’t alone. In my dream, I stood barefoot in a mossy forest. Relocation center – the official government term for the ten prison camps to which Japanese Americans living in western states were forcibly relocated the centers were run by the War Relocation Authority. The bulk of those forced into prison camps were of this generation. Nisei – second-generation Japanese Americans, born in the United States and US citizens. These people were ineligible for citizenship until the law changed in 1952. Issei – first-generation Japanese immigrants living in America.
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