Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project: Interview with Kalsang Phuntsok

Titles: Minnesota Tibetan Oral History Project: Interview with Kalsang Phuntsok (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Kalsang Phuntsok was born in Pithoragarh, India. He grew up and attended high school in Dharamsala. Phuntsok then attended college in the United States at Berea College in Kentucky. He now lives in Minnesota. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Parents, family, similarities and differences between India and the US, Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), leadership in the community, Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota (TAFM), Tibetan Cultural Center, community, preserving culture, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to Minnesota, Tibetan Cultural School, Tibetan Association of Minnesota (TAM), citizenship, marriage, Tibetan politics, Tibetan Welfare Office, Students for Free Tibet (SFT), youth, challenges, future of Tibet.

Dates

• 09/02/2005 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Phuntsok, Kalsang
• interviewer: Khando, Tenzin
• interviewer: Lenz, Charles

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 104
• Accession Number: AV2005.106.15

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

• 01:26:41 running time

Subjects

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