[Interview of Hmong immigrant Tong Vue on her life in Laos and fleeing the country as a refugee].

Hmong immigrant Tong Vue describes her life sustenance-farming in Laos, saying that her connection to homegrown food makes her Hmong. She recounts her escape into Thailand without identity papers and eventually coming to the United States.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Hmong Americans in Michigan Oral History Project
Michigan State University Press (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Vue, Tong (Interviewee)
Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem (Interviewer)
Xiong, Christine (Translator)
Language:English
Hmong
Language of the Original:
English
Hmong
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Hmong.
Subjects:
Hmong Americans > Michigan > Interviews.
Farm life > Laos.
Refugee camps > Thailand.
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 (45 min.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Hmong immigrant Tong Vue describes her life sustenance-farming in Laos, saying that her connection to homegrown food makes her Hmong. She recounts her escape into Thailand without identity papers and eventually coming to the United States.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of the Hmong Americans in Michigan Oral History Project for the Michigan State University Press.
Call Number:Voice 41157
Playing Time:00:45:00
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Ton Vue ; interviewer, Martha Aladjem Bloomfield ; translator, Christine Xiong.
Event Details:
Recorded 2012 September 25