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In an image from the audio-visual series Finding American: Stories of Immigration from All 50 States, Phanat Xanamane stands before Wat Thammarattanaram Buddhist Temple, which Lao refugees built through community donations and mutual-aid relationships.

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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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