Interview of the Xiong family, Hmong immigrants from Laos. Part 1
Hmong immigrant and Michigan resident Lian Xiong reminisces about growing up on her family's farm in Laos and her childhood experience of war. Xiong recounts her family's escape from Laos, focusing especially the uncertainty of trusting boaters to ferry them across the Mekong River. She also discusses life in a refugee camp in Thailand, where she met her husband. Part 1 of 3.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2012-07-12
- Interviewees
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Xiong, Lian
- Interviewers
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Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem
- Speakers
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Xiong, Kao
- 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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Children and war
Evacuation of civilians
Farm life
Hmong Americans
Refugee camps
Laos
Michigan
Thailand
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:48:20
- Venue Note
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Recorded 2012 July 12
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 41001
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13077245
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