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Tibet was an independent country up until the 1950s when the Chinese invaded Tibet and claimed it as part of China. There is one region in China that is called the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), but Tibetan people argue that there is no true autonomy from the Chinese. Many Tibetans fled to neigh…

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Finding work and loneliness in a new country.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2010 1:14

Tibetan: Yangchen Dolkar Yangchen Dolkar 5Yangchen Dolkar 6

loneliness tibetans new country finding work

Exile in Nepal.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2010 1:43

Tibetan: Yangchen Dolkar Yangchen Dolkar 2Yangchen Dolkar 3

nepal exile tibetans

Soon after a person dies, a high religious teacher performs 'Phowa'.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2010 0:54

Tibetan: Yangchen Dolkar Yangchen Dolkar 1

teacher religious tibetans performs

Tibetan Home School Liaison for the Minneapolis School District.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 2:21

Tibetan: Wangyal Ritzekura Wangyal Ritzekura 8

minneapolis homeschool tibetans school districts liaison

Co-founder of the Tibetan American Foundation to aid refugees.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 1:41

Tibetan: Thupten Dadak Thupten Dadak 5Thupten Dadak 6Thupten Dadak 7Thupten Dadak 8

co founders refugees tibetans american foundation tibetan american

Assimilation: Not a pure black and white issue.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 1:47

Tibetan: Tashi Lhewa Tashi Lhewa 9

pure tibetans black and white assimilation

Preservation of your language is a political statement you are making.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 3:46

Tibetan: Wangyal Ritzekura Wangyal Ritzekura 7

language political statement preservation tibetans

Wherever we go there's 'R' written on our forehead – 'Refugee'.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 0:49

Tibetan: Tenzin Chodon Tenzin Chodon 3

tibetans forehead

Too many cultures, too many different influences.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 1:50

Tibetan: Thupten Dadak Thupten Dadak 4

cultures influences tibetans

Since we aren’t sure of preserving our culture in our own country, we can try and preserve it outside our country.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 1:55

Tibetan: Tenzin Khando Tenzin Khando 4

culture preserving preserve tibetans own country

Festival celebrations: Very hard without a community.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 2:29

Tibetan: Thupten Dadak Thupten Dadak 3

community festival celebrations tibetans

We can’t see our family.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 0:50

Tibetan: Tendell Sangmo Tendell Sangmo 1

family tibetans

People don’t have the time here.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 0:41

Tibetan: Tenzin Ngawang Tenzin Ngawang 1

tibetans

The change of culture was striking to this son.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 3:16

Tibetan: Tenzin Chodon Tenzin Chodon 2

culture striking tibetans

We have a lot of delinquency problems with the youth over here.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 1:07

Tibetan: Tashi Lhewa Tashi Lhewa 8

youth tibetans delinquency

There are few families who will stay Tibetan families.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 3:45

Tibetan: Gyatsho Tssering Gyatsho Tssering 2

families tibetans

Here in Minnesota, you are all the time encouraged to be only thinking money.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 2:00

Tibetan: Gyatsho Tssering Gyatsho Tssering 1

money thinking minnesota encouraged tibetans

A lot of opportunity, if you are willing to work hard.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 0:30

Tibetan: Tashi Lhewa Tashi Lhewa 7

opportunities tibetans work hard

Law is one field which can come in very helpful to the Tibetan community.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 1:16

Tibetan: Tashi Lhewa Tashi Lhewa 6

field helpful tibetans tibetan community

Parents strive strongly to make sure their children have all the opportunities that they didn’t.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2010 1:41

Tibetan: Tashi Lhewa Tashi Lhewa 5

children parents opportunities strive make sure tibetans strongly

The lack of ruling in the class by the teacher – that was very different.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2010 1:59

Tibetan: Tenzin Khando Tenzin Khando 3

teacher class lack ruling tibetans

By becoming U.S. citizens you can do a lot that you cannot do otherwise.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2010 1:13

Tibetan: Wangyal Ritzekura Wangyal Ritzekura 6

citizens tibetans

Living with sponsors: We wanted to stand on our own feet.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2010 2:13

Tibetan: Wangyal Ritzekura Wangyal Ritzekura 5

stand feet wanted tibetans

There were other minorities present - it didn't feel like you were the only outsider.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2010 2:12

Tibetan: Tenzin Khando Tenzin Khando 2

outsiders tibetans minorities

We were not treated as refugees - we came as immigrants.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 2:24

Tibetan: Wangyal Ritzekura Wangyal Ritzekura 4

refugees immigrants tibetans treated

I knew that there was a lot more to the U.S. than Missoula, Montana.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 3:00

Tibetan: Tashi Lhewa Tashi Lhewa 4

tibetans missoula montana

I don’t want to die in the United States.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 0:45

Tibetan: Tsewang Sangmo Lama Tsewang Sangmo Lama 1

united states tibetans

I feel like I am a part of Minnesota.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 2:14

Tibetan: Jigme Ugen Jigme Ugen 1

minnesota tibetans

I never knew my country was going to be grabbed by the Chinese.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 3:13

Tibetan: Tenzin Chodon Tenzin Chodon 1

chinese tibetans grabbed

The good part of America is that freedom.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 1:06

Tibetan: Thupten Dadak Thupten Dadak 2

america freedom tibetans good part

I got a letter telling that my dad was going to America.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 2:13

Tibetan: Tenzin Khando Tenzin Khando 1

america letter tibetans

My dad arrived here first.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 1:56

Tibetan: Tashi Lhewa Tashi Lhewa 3

arrived tibetans

We were sent to the United States to speak about the story of Tibet.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 2:02

Tibetan: Wangyal Ritzekura Wangyal Ritzekura 3

united states speak tibet tibetans

Seeing no improvement taking place in Tibet my parents decided to escape to India.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 1:53

Tibetan: Wangyal Ritzekura Wangyal Ritzekura 2

parents escape decided tibet tibetans

Over fifteen plus years I’ve been working as a teacher.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2010 2:11

Tibetan: Wangyal Ritzekura Wangyal Ritzekura 1

teacher fifteen tibetans

They are a part of this community and they have to work together.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2010 0:26

Tibetan: Tashi Lhewa Tashi Lhewa 2

community tibetans work together

Gyuto Monastery: Only seventy-five monks survived to rebuild a monastery in India.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2010 2:53

Tibetan: Thupten Dadak Thupten Dadak 1

rebuild survived tibetans monks monastery seventy five

There is always that expectation that each generation do better than the last.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2010 2:26

Tibetan: Tashi Lhewa Tashi Lhewa 1

generation expectation tibetans

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