Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Toua Yang

Titles: Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Toua Yang (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Toua Yang was born in Xhiangkhouang, Laos. He escaped to a refugee camp in Thailand, where he spent ten years before coming to the U.S. At the time of the interview Yang was a mental health case manager for Lyon, Redwood Falls, Yellow Medicine, and Murray counties. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Escaping Laos; experiences in refugee camp; adjusting to life in America; family; health issues in the Hmong community; Minnesota's education system and the achievement gap.

Dates

• 09/29/2012 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Yang, Toua
• interviewer: Yang, Pa

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 144
• Accession Number: AV2012.5.16

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 144>

Quantity: .75 hours compact disc 23 pages transcripts

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:41:40 running time

Subjects

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