JETAA PDX Travel Series

JETAA Portland Visits Minidoka! In October 2022, JETAA Portland visited Minidoka National Historic Site in Jerome County, Idaho. Minidoka was one of ten “war relocation centers” established in Western states to imprison Japanese Americans during World War II. At it’s peak, it imprisoned about 13,000 Japanese Americans, mostly American citizens. The event was organized by […]

In August of 2024, JETAA Portland made a visit to Astoria to commemorate Ranald MacDonald’s 200th birthday. Our itinerary started with a visit to the Astoria Column, where there was also a replica of Chief Comcomly’s burial canoe (Comcomly was a very prominent leader of the Chinook tribe, but was also closely related to MacDonald).