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History is more than just text on a page; it is the photographs, voices, and artifacts of the people who lived it. The images and recordings featured across Foundations and Futures are part of a meticulously curated media repository. Whether you are building a lesson plan or investigating an artifact, you can use this database to trace the provenance of our media: discover who created an asset, the historical context behind it, and how it can be used to bring Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences into your classroom.
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Vandy Rattana Profile
In this excerpt, Cambodian diasporic artist Vandy Rattana describes his personal research to learn about “bomb ponds” caused by US bombing of Cambodia. His lack of awareness demonstrates the absence of this narrative from state-sponsored institutional memory work, underscoring the importance of cultural productions by Cambodian artists.
Featured in:
Cambodian Americans, Module 5
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Leang Seckon’s Flowering Parachute Skirt
Leang Seckon is a leading member of the Cambodian contemporary art scene. His Flowering Parachute Skirt (2012) is constructed from mixed materials, including a military parachute that fell onto his village during the US bombings of Cambodia.
Featured in:
Cambodian Americans, Module 5
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My Asian Americana
In this video, Cambodian American ex-pats and exiles describe the memories and cultural mannerisms that define their idea of ‘Asian Americana’, bringing awareness to the stories of individuals impacted by U.S. deportation policies.
Featured in:
Cambodian Americans, Module 5
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“Sva Rom Monkiss” by Laura Mam and The Like Me’s
Laura Mam is a Cambodian American artist born in San Jose, California, and one of the leaders of the Cambodian Original Music Movement. Mam’s music is known for melding Khmer and Western styles and sound, as shown in this clip from her “Sva Rom Monkiss” music video.
Featured in:
Cambodian Americans, Module 4
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Reclining Buddha at Stockton Temple
A sculpture of a fifty-foot reclining Buddha is one of several large statues on the grounds of the Cambodian Buddhist Temple (Wat Dhammararam) in Stockton, California.
Featured in:
Cambodian Americans, Module 4
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2023 Cambodia Town Parade
Footage from the 2023 Cambodia Town Parade in Long Beach, California.
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Cambodian Americans, Module 4
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17th Annual Cambodian Town Parade
The start of the 17th annual Cambodia Town Parade in Long Beach, California. Long Beach has the largest concentration of residents of Cambodian descent outside of Cambodia.
Featured in:
Cambodian Americans, Module 4
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“Massacre Brings Out New Form of Teror for Refugees”
On January 17, 1989, Patrick Purdy shot and killed five students—four Cambodian Americans and one Vietnamese American—and wounded thirty-two others at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California. This was the deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school until Sandy Hook in 2012.
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Cambodian Americans, Module 4
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The Philippine Refugee Processing Center
The Philippine Refugee Processing Center (PRPC) opened in 1980 and prepared Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian refugees for immigration to resettlement nations, primarily the US. The processing center closed in the early 1990s.
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Cambodian Americans, Module 4
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Khao-I-Dang Refugee Camp
Khao-I-Dang refugee camp opened in 1979 on the Thailand–Cambodia border after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. At its height, the camp sheltered nearly 140,000 refugees. After closing in 1993, it has since reopened as an educational center.
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Cambodian Americans, Module 4
