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Shigeru Yabu remembers taming a magpie while confined at Heart Mountain

Wyoming Public Radio | By Willow Belden
Published August 2, 2013 at 1:46 PM MDT
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Shigeru Yabu and his family were incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center when he was 10. While there, he strove to make pets out of insects, worms, amphibians, and finally a bird. Wyoming Public Radio’s Willow Belden interviewed Yabu and produced this Wyoming Stories piece.

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