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Hmong.

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Presents the oral histories of seven culture bearers/community leaders who were striving to preserve Hmong culture and provide support to their community. The interviews document both their lives in Laos and their experiences fleeing their country and adjusting to American life in Long Beach. Their oral histories focus particularly on the development of the Hmong Association of Long Beach, a refugee mutual assistance organization, and the role that Hmong traditional arts played in the lives of the refugees. Narrators include: See Lee, Dixie Swift, Mai Lee Vang, Ger Vue, Vamouachee Xiong, Chao Yang, and Ter Fong Yang.

18 compact discs (approx. 8 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.

California State University, Long Beach

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SNAC Resource ID: 7809055

California State University, Long Beach

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United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Xiong, Vamouachee.

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Yang, Chao

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Harper, Karen, 1963-

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Vang, Mai Lee.

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Lee, See.

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Yang, Ter Fong.

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Swift, Dixie.

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Dixie Swift was born and raised in Long Beach, California and graduated from Whittier College. In 1980, she opened Shakti, the first contemorary art gallery in Long Beach. She also founded Homeland, a cultural center in Long Beach that provided an artistic outlet for at-risk youth. From the description of Dixie Swift interviews Sebastian Titus [videorecording] / Dixie Swift. [1983] (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 518612657 ...

Hmong Association of Long Beach.

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Vue, Ger.

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