Refugee at Hamilton Air Force Base – 15.01.002.IMG_LAOS.RefugeeOnBenchHamiltonAFB.1980.MitchellBonner.cui-ucid-sea006-2003-044
A Lao refugee arriving to Hamilton AFB with her bag, mat, purse, thip khao, and silver bowl used for various ceremonies.
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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