Marshallese Community in Arkansas – 23.02.012.VIDEO_MICR.ANewIslandTheMarshalleseInArkansas.2024.PBS

This clip documents the Marshallese community in Springdale, Arkansas expressing their identity through gathering community for important cultural traditions, such as Kemem, a traditional Marshallese celebration of a child’s first birthday. The narrator also discusses the relationship between COFA and Marshallese in Arkansas.

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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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