The Pearl Har­bor attack inten­si­fied exist­ing hos­til­i­ty towards Japan­ese Amer­i­cans. As wartime hys­te­ria mount­ed, Pres­i­dent Roo­sevelt signed Exec­u­tive Order 9066. Over 120,000 per­sons of Japan­ese ances­try (Nikkei) had to leave their homes, jobs, and lives behind, and were forced into one of ten prison camps spread across the nation. This is Minidoka’s sto­ry.