Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project: Interview with Tashi Khongertsang

Titles: Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project: Interview with Tashi Khongertsang (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Tashi Khongertsang was born in India and moved to Nepal with his parents. He attended school in Kalingpong, India. Khongertsang moved to Seattle as a teenager to live with family. He then moved to Minnesota in 1996. He is the owner of Tibet's Corner, the first Tibetan-owned restaurant in Minnesota. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Parents, family, attending school in India, moving to the United States, adjusting to life in the U.S., weather, first jobs in the U.S., opening a restaurant, generational differences within community, Tibetan food, educating Westerners, running a business, community, stereotypes, differences and similarities between Tibetans and Westerners, citizenship, preserving culture.

Dates

• 08/24/2005 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Khongertsang, Tashi
• interviewer: Norbu, Dorjee T.
• interviewer: Lenz, Charles

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 104
• Accession Number: AV2005.106.8

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project' <OH 104>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 23 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:30:22 running time

Subjects

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