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  • Headshot of Bangladeshi American author and perfumer Tanaïs dressed in a sparkly blue sheer off-the-shoulder top and metal choker necklace.

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    Headshot of Tanaïs

    Tanaïs, a Bangladeshi American author and perfumer, grew up in Bangladesh, Illinois, Texas, Alabama, and Missouri. “I write from spaces of discomfort, the syncretic spaces of blending cultures.”

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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  • Headshot of Bangladeshi author Mahmud Rahman wearing a fleece jacket, smiling in front of sunlit foliage and a brick wall in the background.

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    Headshot of Mahmud Rahman

    Author Mahmud Rahman moved to the US from Dhaka, Bangladesh, as an undergraduate student. His writing reflects on movement and dislocation: from village to the city, from war to peace, from Bangladesh to the US.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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  • Headshot of Bangladeshi American Sharbari Ahmed wearing a red dress and smiling with her long hair partially covering her face.

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    Headshot of Sharbari Ahmed

    Author and screenwriter Sharbari Ahmed is the first Bangladeshi to write for an American network TV show, Quantico, on ABC.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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    Tribal Dance Performed at Bangladeshi American Folk Festival

    A tribal dance performance from 2024 at a Bangladeshi American folk festival in New York City celebrates Bangladeshi culture.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 2
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  • Refugees carry their belongings while trekking across a dry riverbed in the Ganges Delta at Kushtia.

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    Refugees Stream Across the River Ganges Delta at Kushtia

    Refugees stream across the delta of the Ganges river in 1971 as they flee the violence in East Pakistan during the ongoing West Pakistani military campaign, known as Operation Searchlight.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 2
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  • A circular, mosaic-patterned flower bed with reds, yellows, and greens in front of a monument.

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    The Shaheed Minar in Dhaka

    The Shaheed Minar (Martyr’s Monument) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, commemorates the lives of students who died fighting for the right to use their native Bengali language.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 2
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  • A map of South Asia that is color coded to show the different countries in the region.

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    Map of South Asia

    A map of South Asia, with Bangladesh between India and Myanmar.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 2
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  • Arab and Muslim Americans wait in line at a polling station in the council chambers. A pink sign sits on a bench that reads "Vote uncommitted".

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    Bangladeshi Americans Voting in Hamtramck

    Immigrant voters, including Bangladeshi Americans, arrive for early primary voting in Hamtramck, Michigan, in 2024.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • Bangladeshi American Shamsun Nehar wearing a pink hijab with a polka dot dress puts the finishing touches on the three tiered wedding cake she made.

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    Shamsun Nehar Puts Finishing Touches on Wedding Cake

    Entrepreneur Shamsun Nehar, founder of Cakes by Lucky, shows a wedding cake which she created and decorated. Many Bangladeshi American women run their own small businesses.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • Bangladeshi American Mohammed Chishti-Shipu stands on a chair in his office to hang his diplomas on the wall next to the completely filled bookshelf.

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    Mohammed Chishti-Shipu Hangs His Diplomas in His Office

    Mohammed hangs his diplomas in the office of his accounting practice in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York.

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  • Large, wooden sign with white lettering reads "Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge." Sign is posted outside on flat ground covered in vegetation.

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    Module 2: US Territories in the Pacific

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Micronesian leaders and U.S. Secretary of State stand for group photo behind press conference table. Flags from each respective country hang behind.

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    Module 3: Geopolitics of the Pacific Islands

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Three people, shown in profile with their faces turned away from the camera, sit beneath sign reading "Chamorro Self-Determination."

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    Module 4: The Fight for Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands Today

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • A crowd gathers outside for group photo near statue of standing man. People carry signs calling for peace in Guam, with Guam's flag flying in crowd.

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    Module 5: Everyday Decolonization in the Pacific Islands

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Students dressed in Hawaiian flags dance hula kahiko around a kumu hula, a teacher seated on a woven lauhala mat who is singing and playing ipu heke.

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    Chapter Overview: Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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  • Kānaka ʻŌiwi stand on Puʻu Moaʻulaiki, an elevated hill overlooking the ocean, and look out towards the other islands of Maui County.

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    Module 1: Kānaka ‘Ōiwi Maoli: Hawaiʻi Identity

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • Painting of Ka'anapali, Maui. Kānaka ʻŌiwi bring in their catch and wa'a kaulua while a wa'a heads out. Behind them are poi fields, rainbow, and hale.

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    Module 2: Ea Hawaiʻi: Kānaka ʻŌiwi Governance

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • Seated in a boat, four male protestors in life vests are escorted from Kahoʻolawe’s Kūheʻeia Bay by a member of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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    Module 3: Kahoʻolawe: Rebirth of the Sacred

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ʻŌiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • A waʻa kaulua, or Hawaiian double-hulled voyaging canoe, with red and blue sails, sails across the ocean on a sunny cloudless day.

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    Module 4: Flourishing of Kānaka ʻŌiwi Culture

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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