Janet Casello Johnson, WSU News Land in rural communities creates cohesiveness in many ways that pull families together. Many Japanese-American families were robbed of that legacy when their land was taken and they were sent to internment camps during World War II. Because of her connection to her rural community, a WSU 4-H faculty member, Pamela Roberts, has been able to chronicle on video one family's fortitude in exile and eventual return to their farm. 'The Kawamotos of Lake Leland' is a 30-minute documentary introducing Ray Kawamoto as an articulate, funny and well-rounded person. So it is emotionally wrenching to see how this successful, neighborly farmer's parents and grandparents were confined to an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.
—Anonymous