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  • Unfurled sails from sakmans fill the horizon. Canoes sit on the calm ocean along with the sakmans. Two birds fly over the sakmans in a cloudy sky.

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    Welcome Ceremony for Festival of Pacific Arts

    Boats ranging from sakmans to canoes during the traditional canoe welcome ceremony, signaling the commencement of the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts in Hagåtña, Guåhan (Guam) on May 22, 2016. The festival brings together delegations from across Oceania every four years.

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    Amasai Jeke

    In this clip from UTOPIA Washington, a Queer and Trans Pacific Islander organization, Amasai Jeke identifies as vaka sa lewalewa, Fiji’s traditional third gender community. Ms. Jeke has served as Vice Chair of the Washington State LGBTQ Commission.

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    Benetick Kabua Maddison’s UN Address

    In 2023 Benetick Kabua Maddison, Executive Director of the Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI), a nonprofit based in Springdale, Arkansas, addressed the United Nations about the ongoing devastation of US nuclear detonations on the Marshall Islands while calling for the end of nuclear weapons.

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  • On top of a hill surrounded by palm trees and a forest, an American flag flies on a flagpole. At the base of the hill are people and construction.

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    Hoisting of the American Flag

    On April 17, 1900, high chiefs from the Samoan islands of Tutuila and Aunuʻu signed a Deed of Cession, ceding the islands to the US.

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  • Drawing of bald eagle standing over the globe with its wingspan spanning from the Philippines to Puerto Rico. The year "1898" is labeled above.

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    U.S. Expansion in 1898

    This Philadelphia Press political cartoon symbolizes US expansion in 1898 from “tip to tip”: Puerto Rico (right, identified as “Porto Rico”) to the Philippines (left, identified as “Manila”). A map of the US in 1798 (bottom right) presents a stark contrast in territorial size.

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  • Typed text of Public Law No. 103-150, wherein the U.S. apologizes to Native Hawaiians for overthrowing the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi a hundred years earlier.

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    Public Law No. 103-150 Page 5

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    Public Law No. 103-150 Page 4

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    Public Law No. 103-150 Page 2

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  • Bayon Temple bathed in the light of the setting sun and covered in moss. Two women sit in a doorway and two men sit at the base of the stairs.

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    Module 1: Temples and Trauma

    Lina Chhun

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    Cambodian Americans
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  • Aerial view of a myriad of bomb craters pockmarking lush farmland in Cambodia. Most craters are filled with water. A few are covered in vegetation.

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    Module 2: Decolonization and the Cold War

    Lina Chhun

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    Decolonization and the Cold War
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  • The displayed Khmer Rouge uniforms consist of black long-sleeved shirts and pants with a red checkered woven cloth tied at the neck.

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    Module 3: Genocide and State Violence

    Lina Chhun

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    Cambodian Americans
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  • A man takes a selfie in front of the parade in Cambodia Town. Confetti fills the air above the paraders dressed in brightly colored attire.

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    Module 4: Refugee Resettlement and Diaspora

    Lina Chhun

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    Cambodian Americans
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  • Art piece of a statue with a skull head wearing a soldier's helmet and a dress made out of a military parachute displayed in a gallery.

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    Module 5: Transnational Connections and Intergenerational Legacies

    Lina Chhun

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    Cambodian Americans
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  • The all-Asian female cast of The Joy Luck Club pose in mother-daughter pairs around dining room table.

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    Module 3: The Empowerment of Asian American and Pacific Islander Independent Media

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media

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  • At the illustration's center, a person stands with their back turned and their hands raised over head. Their black jacket reads "Protect Mauna Kea."

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    Module 4: Media and Asian American and Pacific Islander Activism

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media
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  • In a still from Fire Island, a group of five friends attend outdoor party. The group, all looking at something off-camera, wear warm weather clothing.

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    Module 5: Asian American and Pacific Islander Intersections, Media, and its Futures

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media
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  • Protestors behind barricade carry signs protesting Miss Saigon as they line sidewalk. Opposite them a woman reads the signs.

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Representations and Voices

    Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran

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