Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project: Interview with Tsewang Sangmo Lama

Titles: Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project: Interview with Tsewang Sangmo Lama (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Tsewang Sangmo Lama was born in Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal. She graduated from the Tibetan Children's Village (TCV) in Dharamsala, India. Lama moved to Minnesota in 2000 to attend St. Cloud State University. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Parents, family, Tibetan Children's Village (TCV), school in India, coming to Minnesota, first impressions of Minnesota, adjusting to the United States, college experiences, Students for a Free Tibet (SFT), starting a political organization, Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota (TAFM), International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), activism, U.S. politics, influence of older Tibetans, community, future education plans, international students, adjusting to weather, preserving culture, Tibetans in Nepal, differences and similarities between Tibetan and American values, working on the Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project.

Dates

• 09/19/2005 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Lama, Tsewang Sangmo
• interviewer: Lenz, Charles

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 104
• Accession Number: AV2005.106.9

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 31 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:57:59 running time

Subjects

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