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Painting of Lake O'Hara, c. 1935 by Carl Rungius

Online Programs from the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

The NMWA Education department is dedicated to providing exceptional educational programs to students of all ages. These interdisciplinary lessons utilize our wildlife art collections to inspire a deeper understanding of other subject areas.

Lesson Plans: Heart Mountain Relocation Center

On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No.9066 authorizing the Secretary of War to establish military areas from which any or all persons might be excluded. Estelle Ishigo Sketch of children playing within a barbed wire fence This order translated into the evacuation of more than 100,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States. Japanese Americans who were unable to leave the Pacific Coast on their own were ordered to relocation camps administered by the War Relocation Authority. One of these ten camps, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, was located between Powell and Cody, Wyoming. At its peak, Heart Mountain interned more than 10,000 Japanese Americans and was the third largest community in Wyoming.