The owners of the newly opened Tawan Restaurant posing in front of their business. The names in Thai and English did not match, showing the ways early Thai restaurant owners had to appeal to both Thais and non-Thais in their business model.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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