Interview of Hmong immigrant Tong Vue on her life in Laos and fleeing the country as a refugee
Hmong immigrant Tong Vue describes her life sustenance-farming in Laos, saying that her connection to homegrown food makes her Hmong. She recounts her escape into Thailand without identity papers and eventually coming to the United States.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2012-09-25
- Interviewees
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Vue, Tong
- Interviewers
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Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem
- Translators
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Xiong, Christine
- 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
Farm life
Hmong Americans
Refugee camps
Laos
Michigan
Thailand
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
Hmong
- Extent
- 00:45:00
- Venue Note
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Recorded 2012 September 25
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 41157
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13077288
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