Interview of Homng immigrant Chou Xiong on her childhood in Laos and her family's migration to Michigan
Homng immigrant Chou Xiong reflects on her childhood in Laos and her family's migration to Michigan by way of refugee camps in Thailand and France. She discusses working multiple jobs in each location, eventually becoming a business owner, and speaks about how these experiences caused her to encourage her children to pursue education.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2012-07-03
- Interviewees
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Xiong, Chou
- Interviewers
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Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem
- Contributors
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Hmong Americans in Michigan Oral History Project
- Sponsors
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Michigan State University Press
- Subjects
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Emigration and immigration
Families
Hmong Americans
Hours of labor
Refugee camps
France
Laos
Michigan
Thailand
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:03:00
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 40807
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13077234
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