Ja Pha: Immigrant Stories
Channel: Immigration History Research Center
Date: 2014-07-01

Ja Pha, a Hmong refugee from Laos, fled the communist takeover to the Ban Vinai camp in Thailand.  There, she met her husband and they were later resettled in the United States. Dee Pha, her daughter, talks about ornaments her mother made with Hmong embroidered patterns.  

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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