Interview of Hmong teacher and organizer Maykao K. Lytongpao
Hmong teacher and organizer Maykao K. Lytongpao describes emigrating from Laos to France and then to Michigan as a child. Lytongpao discusses running a Hmong social service and cultural emissary non-profit, noting the ways Hmong culture has shifted as a result of diaspora. She also talks about appearing in the film "Gran Torino."
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2013-02-20
- Interviewees
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Lytongpao, Maykao K.
- Interviewers
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Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem
- Contributors
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Hmong Americans in Michigan Oral History Project
- Sponsors
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Michigan State University Press
- Subjects
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Emigration and immigration
Hmong Americans
Hmong Americans--Services for
Hmong Americans--Social life and customs
Social service
France
Laos
Michigan
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:54:57
- Venue Note
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Recorded 2013 February 20
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 40845
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13077238
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