World War II Japanese American Internment in the American Southwest

Abstract

Sites of WWII Japanese Internment create a complex landscape of confinement that spreads across the United States with 13 sites concentrated in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. This paper provides a brief overview of the history of incarceration focusing on the sites found in the four corners region. While sites may share some artifacts and feature types each tells a unique portion of the larger narrative of unjust confinement and details the lived experience of detainees.