The American Association of State and Local History recently sent out a four-minute video, "Remember, Record, Respect: History of Anti-AAPI Violence and Discrimination," created by the Museum of Chinese in America in response to the rising number of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI).
The video quickly surveys the long history of anti-AAPI violence. It doesn't mention Montana explicitly, but it could have. If you are looking to contextualize the recent shooting in Atlanta and other examples of anti-AAPI violence, consider sharing the video with your students and then having them examine some Montana specific primary and secondary sources:
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Testimony from Hum Fay concerning the Boycott of Chinese and Japanese Businesses in Butte (I love this one because it shows a Chinese business owner fighting back).
- Fort Missoula has an virtual tour of its new exhibit, "Looking Like the Enemy: The internment of the Issei at Fort Missoula." as well as a guided online tour. Fort Missoula also produced a twenty-six-minute video, "The Alien Place," about the fort's time as a detention center for Italian and Japanese nationals. (The first ten minutes focuses on the Italians, the next ten minutes focuses on the Japanese).
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"George 'Montana' Oiye: The Journey of a Japanese American from the Big Sky to the Battlefields of Europe," by Casey J. Pallister, Montana The Magazine of Western History (pp. 21-33, 94-96) (This centers the experiences of a Japanese American, making him the protagonist, rather than focusing on things that were done to him.)
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