1st Chemainus troop 223
1st Tashme troop 240
Age of Enlightenment 59
Allester, Pat 92
assimilation 46, 49, 156-157, 166, 168-169, 191, 232
Atsugi 267
B.C. Security Commission 120, 234, 240, 265
Bare Point 45-46, 96-98, 152, 158, 166, 194, 275
Barkley Sound 13
Asahi team 107
Chemainus all-star team 107, 109
Cowichan Indian team 108
Cumberland Japanese team 108
House of David team 109
Kansas City Monarchs 109
Port Alberni team 108
Zulu Giants 109
Bay Farm 120
Bellingham 228
Black camp 179
Bloedel16
Bowser 16
Boxer Rebellion 186
boy scouts 22, 57, 64-65, 111, 123, 212-214, 223-224, 228-229, 232, 234.237, 240-24’. 249-250, 261, 271, 277-278
Lone Scouts of America 223
Britain 14
Cathey, Gordon 97-98
Chemainus 12, 14-15, 18, 29-32, 37, 40, 42-44, 46, 48, 50-51, 53-55, 57, 59, 62, 64-65, 68, 70, 79, 90, 92-95, 98, 100-102, 104, 108-109, 115-120, 122-123, 126-128, 131, 134, 138-139, 141, 145, 148-149, 153, 155, 157-159, 164, 169, 173-174, 176-178, 183, 185-187, 190-191, 194, 196-197, 202, 212-213, 215, 219, 224-227, 229-230, 232-233, 237-238, 240, 243, 245-246, 249, 252-253, 255, 257-259, 261-262, 270, 272-273, 276
businesses 44
murals, “The Lone
Scout” 24-25, 212, 244, 273, 276
murals, “The Winning
reunion 21, 23-25, 28, 57, 92, 124, 164, 186, 211, 270-271, 273, 275, 277, 279
desecration of graves 22-23, 91-92, 138-139, 231, 274, 276
memorial monument 22, 26, 57, 138-139, 244, 274-276
cargo ships 172
Chemainus Valley 19-27
Chinatown 106-107, 110, 128, 130, 143, 153, 264
Victoria 215
churches
Buddhist 264
civil rights
infringement of 51, 131, 177, 239, 261, 265
lifting of restrictions 18, 55, 182
restriction of 18, 25, 77-78, 116, 120, 180-182, 198, 237
Clanwilliam, Manitoba 273
coal mining 15
communal bath 64, 70, 142, 270
community halls 13, 66, 113, 127, 130, 194, 243, 250, 263, 271
Japanese 168
community leaders 62, 93, 194, 212
Coombs 16
Cordova Bay 11-12
Cowichan Valley 15, 18-19, 61, 118, 140, 144, 176, 260
Cowichan Valley
Baden-Powell Guild 278
Crucil, Frank and Mary Anne 79
Cumberland 11, 15, 18, 262-263
Custodian of Enemy
Property 116
deaths
accidental 100
drowning 98
in childbirth 33
pneumonia 36
Deep Bay Logging Company 15
Depression, effects of 37, 44, 48, 68, 100, 103-105, 128, 145, 171-172, 187, 193, 234
disenfranchisement 17
Dodd Narrows 261
Duncan u, 15, 18, 60, 70-71, 104, 106, 108-109, 111, 141, 145-147, 153-154, 187, 190, 201, 221, 233, 237
Dunsmuir, James 215
Dwyer’s Confectionary 43
Dyke, Miss 90
Easter egg hunt 40
internment camps 265
language 37, 90, 101, 140, 190, 219-220
public school 167-169, 172, 190, 193, 197-198, 200, 217, 219, 232
public school graduation 195
emigration, to Japan 41
Empress camp 179
Empress Hotel 18
Englewood 16
Esquimalt Harbour 9
Etobicoke 185
evacuation 18, 21, 24, 53, 116, 133, 159, 177, 186, 237-238, 263
families
separation of 32-33, 37-38, 41, 51, 54, 99, 101-102, 105, 114-116, 118, 129, 132, 134, 158, 162-164, 178, 181-182, 187, 197, 200, 227, 231, 235, 239, 241, 244-246, 258, 263, 267-268, 272
Fanny Bay 16
First World War 11, 14, 16, 95, 254
fishermen 18
fishing licences, nikkei 12
Fort William 29, 56, 120, 268, 272
Fraser Canyon 199
Fraser River 12, 224, 261, 264
Fresno, California 214
Fujimoto, Akiko (a.k.a. Jenny) 166, 177-178, 182
Fujimoto, Tairyu 165-166, 169-170, 175, 275
fujinkai 193
fukeiki 193
Fuller Lake 219
Shinto-Buddist rites 230
Gabriel, Charles 10
gambari-ya 178
Gear, Teddy 255
Genoa Bay 140-141, 163-164, 187-189
Germany 14
hahanokai 193
Hakone 163
hakujin 31, 39-41, 44, 49-51, 73, 103, 107, 186, 191-192, 198
hakujin community 73
Halheds, the 152
Hamilton 137
Hashimoto, Koto 155
Hastings Park 30-31, 53-54, 76-77, 117-118, 134, 136-137, 177, 197-198, 239, 264, 277
hospital 31
Hatley Park 215
Hayashi, Sadako 112-113, 118, 195
health care 13, 40, 95, 120, 165, 174, 199
hospital births 48, 54, 103, 115, 129, 227, 229, 231, 265
hospitals 149
mill employees 169
Higashi, Yoshi 49-50, 175-176, 249-250, 252
Hikida, Tazu 125
Hillcrest Lumber Company 61
Hirohito, Emperor 72
Horseshoe Bay Inn 146, 155, 233
housing 13, 47, 181, 239-240, 246
Howe, Anna 219
Howe, Jack 216
Howe, Matthew 102, 152, 215, 217, 225
Humbird, John 65, 68-70, 103-105
hurricane 257
Imagama, Iwajiro 169-173, 175, 177, 183
immigration, reasons for 9, 11, 16, 32, 59-60, 93, 101-102, 114, 140, 163, 187, 214, 245-246
women 16
Inouye, Michio 174
internment camps 134, 239, 268
housing 54, 79, 120, 198-199, 265
Isoki, Chizuru 37-40, 192-193, 245
Isoki, Hanaye (nee: Nakauchi)20, 243-269, 271
Isoki, Ichio 245
Isoki, Isoyo 32-33
Isoki, Jiroichi 32, 34-35, 41, 43-45, 47, 244-246, 251-252, 258, 268
Isoki, Kikuno 268
Isoki, Misako 35-39, 41-42, 245
Isoki, Shunichi 20, 22, 28, 34, 37, 41, 136-139, 224, 243-269, 271, 275
Isoki, Shyobu 32-33, 35-40, 42, 47, 244, 246, 258, 268
Isoki, Stanley 266
Isoki, Tanezo 245-246
Isoki, Yoneji 26, 36, 245, 275
issei 17, 26-27, 46, 60, 67, 72, 156-157, 177, 186, 212, 215, 220, 223, 245, 251-252, 255, 26l
Izumi, Chiyo (nee: Hashimoto) 136-161
Izumi, Goshichi 140-141, 147-148, 152, 157-160, 175
Izumi, Kaname 65-67, 71, 74, 136-161, 238, 265, 267, 271, 275, 279
birth 141
Izumi, Mitsuo 142, 151-152, 180-182
Izumi, Satoshi 142-144, 151-152, 233
Izumi, Towa 26, 140-141, 144, 146-148, 153, 158, 275
Jackson, Haley 117
Japanese Bazaar 10
Japanese prison camps 24
Joker 244, 246, 250-251, 253-256, 258-264
Kagetsu Camp 16
Kakuemon, Taiji 245
Kamino, Toshiye (nee: Yoshida) 175, 185-202, 271
Kasahara, Bari 65
Kawabe, Kaz 194
Kawahara camp 23, 31, 33-34, 43, 63, 93, 101, 114, 128, 165, 169, 175, 190, 192, 194, 226, 243, 247, 263, 270
Kawahara, Brian 48-50, 52-53, 79
Kawahara, Dick 56
Kawahara, Gihei 58-63, 65, 69-70, 72-76, 79, 246-247, 262-263, 277
Kawahara, Hana 29-30
Kawahara, Kiyoko 51
Kawahara, Noboru 43
Kawahara, Shigeri (nee: Takahara) 47-48, 51, 58-62, 65, 263
Kawahara, Shirley 29-31, 54, 79
Kawahara, Takayoshi (a.k.a. Tommy) 28-31, 42, 46-54, 55-80, 224, 270-271
Kawahara, Tom 48-50, 52-53, 79
Kawahara, Yoshiko (nee: Isoki) 28-54, 55-57, 65-68, 70, 72, 74, 76-77, 79, 245, 271, 275
Kawaharas’ pool hall 63
Kawano Sewing School 196
Kawauchimura 93
kesho-mawashi 65
Kildonan 13
Kogawa, Joy 20
Koksilah 71
Koyanagi, Chomatsu 254
Kuper Island 20, 90, 144, 252-253, 264
Kurihama 266
Kuwabara, Bumpei 214
Kuwahara, Mitsue (nee: Yoshida) 228, 230-231, 236, 272
Kyushu Island 10-11, 140
labour 120
coal miners’ strike 215
conditions 11, 16, 69, 100-101, 150, 174
discrimination in 12-13, 17, 41, 69, 176, 182, 201, 252, 257
farming 11
post-evacuation 117
wages (fishing) 254
labour, men 15, 31, 70, 100-101, 120, 140-141, 170-171, 182, 187, 215, 222, 228, 232, 250, 252, 268
domestic 9
farming 144
fishing 12-13, 41, 92, 246, 257-260
logging 14, 61, 93, 145, 173, 188, 265
mining 11
pulp mills 77
sawmills 45, 103, 127, 141, 148, 166, 175, 190, 194, 220
whaling 15, 32, 34-35, 245-246
labour, women 17, 41, 125, 200-202, 223
domestic 33, 38-39, 48, 61, 63, 98, 130, 141-142, 149, 151, 165, 167, 188, 190, 219-220, 231, 228
teaching 265
waitress 135
Lady smith 19, 69, 109-110, 142, 194, 215, 232
Lake Ontario 136
language schools 10, 13, 17-18, 44, 63-64, 93, 101, 106, 127, 194-195, 261, 263, 271
Lasqueti Island 260
Lemon Creek 29-30, 54-55, 78, 134, 136-137, 159, 265, 268
Lethbridge 239
Lighthouse Bay 254
MacKay Lake 173
Mackenzie, Ian 197
Madokoro, Michiharu 139, 152-153
Madokoro, Sunao (nee: Izumi) 136-161, 275
marriage 95, 153-154, 183, 201-202
arranged 29, 42, 60, 93, 95, 110, 125, 154, 188, 214, 224-225, 258, 262
Shinto-Buddhist 60
matsu take 35
Matsui, Juji 199
Matsuo, Eichi 187
Matsuo, Okiye 187-188
Mayo 174-176, 178, 187, 189-190
McGinnis, Harvey 97-98
Medicine Hat 137
Meiji era 59
military
recruitment 157
Mill Bay 43
Mitomimura 242
Mizuta, Miki 94-95, 98, 102-103, 110, 216
Mount Brenton 256
Mount Tzuhalem 189
Murakami, Bishop Toshi 276
Nagasawa, Minoru 259-261
Nakahara, Aiko (nee: Higashi) 27, 193-194, 197-198
Nakahara, Genichi 37, 259, 261
Nakahara, Mine and Ichinosuke 41
Nakatsu, Fude 45-46
Nakatsu, Kanichi 45, 258-259, 261-262
Nanaimo 11-12, 15-16, 18, 116, 132, 155, 221, 224, 261-262
Nanoose Bay 16
Nass River 12
Natives 20, 90, 96-97, 128, 214, 233, 253
Nelson 78
Newcastle Island 12
Nishimura, Kiyoshi 171-172, 179-182
Nishimura, Miyoko 33
Nishimura, Yasumi 194
O-bon 23, 36, 91, 111, 139, 141, 231, 276
odori 90
ofuro 270
Ohashi, Mikiko 183
Okada camp 45, 91, 93, 96, 105, 107, 114, 116-117, 119, 128, 141-142, 158, 162-165, 172, 261, 278-279
Okada, Bukichi 93-96, 98-100, 107, 110, 114
Okada, Hitoshi 89-121, 273, 275, 277, 279
Okada, Karen 120
Okada, Osamu 93, 116, 150-151, 156, 161
Okada, Rakuju 93, 95, 98-99, 114
Okada, Satoru 95-96
Okada, Shizuka (nee: Taniwa)27, 89-121, 275
Okada, Takeshi 26, 95-100, 109-110, 217, 275
okaeshi 117
Okinobu, Otoji 72, 131, 196, 261-262
Ontario 239
Osborn Bay 255
Ota, Shimo (nee: Takahashi) 224-225, 241
Otsu, Mataharu (a.k.a. Mutt) 162-184, 274-275, 279
birth 164
Otsu, Mitsuhara (a.k.a. Mits) 166, 168, 170
Otsu, Shinjiro 163-165
Otsu, Tsune 163-171, 176-177, 183
Otsu, Yasuyo (a.k.a. Pat) 166, 168, 177, 183
birth 164
Otsu, Yoshiharu (a.k.a. Don) 165-166
Ouchi, Chiyoko (nee: Kawahara) 52-53, 62, 271
Paige, Satchel 109
Parnell, Jerome 20
Pearl Harbor 9, 18, 49, 73, 115, 130-131, 157, 176, 196, 198, 234, 261, 278
Pender Island 251
Penelakut Indian Band 20
Petawawa 178
Philippines 235
Porlier Pass 253-254, 258, 264
Port Arthur 56
Port McNeill 16
Powell River harbour 260
Powell Street 187
Price, Jessie 278
Princess Adelaide 53, 118, 177, 238, 264, 272
camps 267
property
confiscation of 50, 74, 131, 234, 261, 264
destroyed 262
vandalized 119
Puck, Tong 247
Quadra Island 12
Qualicum Beach 259
effects on immigration 16
post-war 25
RCMP 18, 24, 50-51, 74, 76, 78, 131, 158-159, 198, 237-238, 261, 277
redress 186
religion
Shinto 66
repatriation 161, 241, 266, 268
residential school 20, 128, 144, 253
Ridgway, George 91, 99, 118, 277
Rivers Inlet 12
road camp 30-31, 52, 75, 116, 132, 158-159, 177-180, 197-198, 235, 263, 265
wages 181
Robathan, Rev. Eric 212-214
Robert, Dunsmuir 69
Robinson, Jackie 109
Roseberry 241
Ross Bay Cemetery 10
Royston 16
Royston Lumber Company 15
Russo-Japanese War 187
Ruxton Island 255
Ryan, Esther 236-237
Sakai, Akino 160
Sakata, Mantoku 230
Sakata, Mitsuyuki 27, 157, 238
Saltspring Island 12, 42, 232, 255
samurai 187
San Francisco 93
Sandon 199
sawmill 15-16, 31, 40, 46, 48, 61, 100, 123, 132, 175, 187, 189, 246, 274
fire 99
production 105
Scoffield, Doreen 191
Seine River 56
Seko, Kinjiro 219-220
senzo dai dai 245
settlements, nikkei 10-11, 13, 15, 54, 62, 214, 263
Seymour Narrows 259
shikataga-nai 74
Shimizu, Kyoshi 21
shushin 263
Sidney harbour 260
Skeena River 12
St. Thomas 239
Steveston 12, 92, 98, 101, 124-126, 128, 132, 153
Strait of Georgia 12, 126, 226, 259-261, 264
Stuart Channel 19, 97, 167, 170, 196, 252, 255, 258
Sudbury 78
sugi 245
Sumiye, Hisako 202
Sumiye, Meiko 202
taikun 10
Tairiku Nippo 76
Takahashi, Fukano 227
Takahashi, Yoji 227
Takahsi, Fukano 241
Takahsi, Yoji 241
Takashima, Shizuye 23
Takata Gardens 156
Tamura Bank 10
Tamura, Shinkichi 10
Taniwa, Iwao (a.k.a. Marchi) 113, 115, 118, 273
Taniwa, Matsue (nee: Hikida) 122-135, 272-273, 278
Taniwa, Naka 216
Taniwa, Norimichi (a.k.a. Norey) 101-103, 106-110, 113, 118, 120, 124-134, 272, 278
Taniwa, Norma 134
Taniwa, Norman 134
Taniwa, Raymond 134
Taniwa, Risaburo 93, 101-107, 115, 127, 129
Taniwa, Stanley 122-124, 129-133, 272-274, 278
Taniwa, Wayne 134
Taniwa’s store 108, 110, 127, 271-272
Tanouye, Haruyoshi 58
Texada Island 260
Tokyo Bay 266
Tomekichi, Yoshida 186-188, 200
Toronto 162, 180-182, 200, 211, 232, 241-242, 244, 269
Trincomali Channel 253, 255, 264
U.S. Supreme Court 265
United States 73
Upsala River 56
Vancouver 10, 13, 16, 21-22, 30, 46, 48, 52, 54, 57, 60, 76, 95, 107, 111 , 114, 125, 131, 135, 148, 155, 165, 171, 187, 196, 201, 220, 226, 232, 239, 254, 263-264, 266, 272
Vancouver Island 9, 11-14, 16-19, 23, 28, 50, 126, 140, 187, 201, 224, 257
veterans, nikkei 14
Victoria 9-10, 12, 17-18, 43, 60, 64, 95, 104, 113, 117, 140, 153, 155-157, 187, 214-215, 228-229, 259, 262 jamboree 229
Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Company (VL&M) 62, 66, 69, 99-100, 104-105, 175-176, 187, 246
Wadamura 102
Wakayama 12, 32, 102, 245, 251, 258
Washington State 228
weddings 46, 111-112, 155, 157, 226-227, 264
welfare system 120
Westholme reserve 145
White Canada
Willy Island 252
Winnipeg 137
women, widowed 45, 135, 163, 185, 202
marriage 38, 41, 140, 156, 166, 188, 214, 232
Yamashita, Jinpachi 261-262
Yamashita, Torizo 108
Yamato 235
Yellow Point 255
Yoshida, Chiyoki 127
Yoshida, Chizuko 220, 223, 225, 232, 239, 242
Yoshida, Hina 186, 188-191, 193, 195-197, 201
Yoshida, Kanako (a.k.a. Connie) 217-220, 232, 235
Yoshida, Kume (nee: Ogiwara) 102-103, 214-216, 220, 222, 228, 231-233, 238-239, 242
Yoshida, Kumeo 221-222, 226, 228, 232, 234; 239-240
Yoshida, Noboru (a.k.a. Nobby) 157, 190, 196-197
Yoshida, Noriyuki 226, 231, 235-236
Yoshida, Shigeru 26, 229-231, 275
Yoshida, Shigetoki 102, 214-216, 220-222, 225-227, 231, 235, 242, 273, 275, 277
Yoshida, Shigeyuki 21-22, 25, 133, 211-242
Yoshida, Sumiko (nee: Takahashi) 211-242, 275, 277
Yoshida, Tokio 228, 232-234, 237-239
Yoshida, Tomekichi 197
Yoshida, Tomiharu 187-188, 196-197
Yoshida, Virginia (a.k.a. Yukuko) 237-239