Interview of Michigan Historical Museum Community Relations Director Chris Dancisak on sponsoring Hmong refugees to the United States
Michigan Historical Museum Community Relations Director Chris Dancisak recollects sponsoring Hmong immigrants Tong Her and Mae Lou. Dancisak argues that the United States had a moral responsibility to help the Laotians who had trusted the US government. He describes how the federal government required a sponsor for each family, and discusses complications for them such as learning about refrigeration and other western conventions.
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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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2012-08-30
- Interviewees
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Dancisak, Chris
- 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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Americanization
Emigration and immigration law
Emigration and immigration--Moral and ethical aspects
Hmong (Asian people)
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:28:15
- Venue Note
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Recorded 2012 August 30
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 41195
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13077305
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