The camp of Tule Lake, in Newell, California was named part of the National Parks system on December 5, 2008. Tule Lake was one of sites of Japanese Internment Camps during WWII. Read more about Tule Lake and the history of the camp’s survivors.

Child of Camp
This PBS program followed the lives of six children who were held in internment camps.

P.O.V.: Of Civil Wrongs and Rights
The story of Fred Korematsu, who filed a civil rights lawsuit against the U.S. Government when he was sent to the camps.

Independent Lens: The Cats of Mirikitani
Tule Lake survivor Jimmy Mirikitani became a homeless artist on the streets of NYC. This is his story.

Ken Burns’ The War
Read about the Internment camp system and hear from Japanese-Americans that were resettled there.

Most Honorable Son
This documentary profiles the Japanese-Americans from the camps that chose to join the U.S. forces in WWII.

History Detectives
The Detectives investigate an old notebook full of art made during the Tule Lake Camps.

P.O.V.: Rabbit in The Moon
The memories of an internment camp survivor.