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Native Americans of puget sound
Major groups or tribes of local native Americans include the Suquamish, Duwamish, Nisqually, Snoqualmie, and Muckleshoot tribes. They evolved complex cultural, social, and economic structures. “Arthur, the youngest, was the only one to remain on puget sound” (4.35). Arthur who is Ishmael’s dad was the only one to remain in puget sound. -
European settlers of puget sound
Tribes that established territorial claims in part of Oregon from 1848-1853. “The pacific telephone and Telegraph company and the puget sound power and light company indicated steps would be taken to guard their facilities there” (13.166). The setting is on the northern puget sound region of the states of Washington in 1954. -
Alien land laws
Alien land laws were a series of attempts to discourage Asian immagrants from settling permanently in the United States by limiting their own ability to own land and property. “The witness makes reference to a currently defunct statute of the state of Washington which made it illegal at the time of which she speaks for an alien, a non citizen, to hold title to real estate” (9.114). -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was as surprise attack by the Japanese navy air service upon upon the United States against the naval base in Hawaii. “In light of this, the review points out that those of Japanese decent on this island are not responsible of the tragedy at Pearl Harbor” (13.168). The Japanese people on the island had no part in what happened at Pearl Harbor. -
Japanese American internment
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps which held about 12,000 people of Japanese ancestry. “These were boys from the internment camps” (19.254). -
Military recruitment and propaganda during World War II
U.S troops were sent to the front lines and hundreds of artists were put to work to create posters that would rally support. “They could have used his face for their propaganda films-he’s that inscrutable.” -
Battle of Tarawa
Battle in the pacific theater of World War II which took place at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert islands. “They were moving toward Tarawa Atoll, where they would go ashore Betio” (16.213). -
Dear John letter
Dear John letter is a letter sent from a women to a man who is a servicemen like being in the military. “I don’t love you Ishmael... when we met that last in the cedar tree” (31.391). Hatsue says to Ishmael that she never loved him and that it always felt wrong. -
Battle of Okinawa
Major battle of the pacific war fought on island of Okinawa by United States marine and army forces. “Had served as a gunner on the U.S.S canton, which went down during the invasion of Okinawa” (2.20). -
Pearl Harbor memorial
Marks the resting place of the sailers and marines killed during the attack of Pearl Harbor.
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