Look Tin Eli (right) with his mother (center) and siblings, circa 1877, before the birth of Look Poong-shan. American-born sons of a Chinese merchant, their bank supported the Chinese community rebuild following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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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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