[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 appea...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Hmong Americans in Michigan Oral History Project, Michigan State University Press (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Lytongpao, Maykao K. (Interviewee), Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Gran Torino (Motion picture)
Hmong Americans > Michigan > Interviews.
Social service > Michigan.
Hmong Americans > Services for > Michigan.
Hmong Americans > Social life and customs.
Laos > Emigration and immigration.
France > Emigration and immigration.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Martha Aladjem Bloomfield.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (54 min., 57 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Summary:
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."
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of the Hmong Americans in Michigan Oral History Project for the Michigan State University Press.
Call Number:Voice 40845
Playing Time:00:54:57
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Maykao K. Lytongpao ; interviewer, Martha Aladjem Bloomfield.
Event Details:
Recorded 2013 February 20