The site in southeastern Colorado was one of 10 incarceration sites established by the War Relocation Authority during World War II to detain Japanese Americans.
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Relatives of Japanese Americans incarcerated in Amache find common threads with descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre which occurred just 46 miles away during annual pilgrimage.
Relatives of Japanese Americans incarcerated in Amache find common threads with descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre which occurred just 46 miles away during annual pilgrimage.
By Kevin Simpson The Colorado Sun (via AP Storyshare) GRANADA Mitch Homma stood on the weathered concrete slab that is all that remains of the barracks Descendants of the Amache relocation camp and Sand Creek massacre gather in Colorado to meet over their shared past