Natasha Reika Gomez: Immigrant Stories
Channel: Immigration History Research Center
Date: 2015-07-27

In this trilingual digital story, Natasha Reika Gomez recounts her family's immigration stories and the importance of the Japanese and Spanish languages to her own identity.

Sai Va Yang was a Hmong soldier who served with General Vang Pao during the Vietnam War.  He and his family became refugees after the communist takeover of Laos in 1975, and the family moved to a refugee camp in Thailand and finally the United States.  His granddaughter discusses the medals that he earned and their significance to his family.

Immigrant Stories invites immigrants, refugees, and their families to create digital stories about their experiences.  Each story is preserved in the Immigration History Research Center & Archives at the University of Minnesota, where we have collected materials related to immigration in the U.S. since 1965.

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