Title	Camp governance
Photographer	Unknown
Date created	circa 1942-1945
Description	A system of camp governance was organized at Amache. The Amache Community Council consisted of an elected representative from each block. The representatives elected a five member executive council. Elections were held every six months. Each block also had a "block manager" who spoke Japanese and served as an intermediary for the WRA administration. WRA Project Director at Amache, James G. Lindley, outlined the four objectives of the center: 1) temporary housing and subsistence, 2) an orderly community in which to live, 3) education and training for youth and adults and 4) relocation. The purpose of the Amache Council was to facilitate the realization of the objectives. The council responsibilities included the formulation of ordinances governing community life within Amache and hearing cases involving violations of those regulations.
Type of object	Image
Physical description	1 photograph : b & w ; 20.3 x 27.9 cm
Institution	Sonoma State University Library Rohnert Park, California
Subject (Place)	Amache (Colo.)
Subject (Name)	Amache Relocation Camp Granada Relocation Center
Subject (Topic)	Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945 Amache Community Council
Copyright statement	Restrictions may apply. For more information see http://library.sonoma.edu/specialcollections/usingcollections/rights/
Identifier	am3_0011
Original source	Fuchigami, Robert Y.
Source collection	North Bay Ethnic Archive
Digital collection	Camp Amache Digital Collection
Related resoures	http://iii.sonoma.edu/record=b1445694
Related links	http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/wwcod/granada.htm ; http://www.amache.org/
Object form	Photograph
Digital reproduction	Original photograph scanned as a tiff at 400 dpi and 6000 ppi on the long side--Display jpeg set at 400 dpi and 1024 ppi on the long side
Date digitized	2011
Language	eng
Country of creation	U.S.

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