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Tag Archives: Immigration History
Finding Hijab Leadership Stories in Cowboy Country
Dr. Sajaudeen Nijamodeen Chapparban, Assistant Professor of Diaspora Studies at Central University of Gujarat, India, was awarded the 2024 Women in Public Life Fellowship to research “The Leadership in Hijab: A Study of Muslim Women Leaders, Writers, and Celebrities in … Continue reading
Posted in American West, Cultural Studies, Fellowships & Academic Programs, Uncategorized
Tagged American Heritage Center, Cross-cultural experience, Cultural identity, Diaspora research, Immigration History, India, Islamic Center of Laramie, Maharashtra, Migration studies, Post-9/11 America, University of Wyoming Libraries, Women in Public Life Fellowship
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Wyoming’s Chinese Dragon
For more than twenty years, the communities in Rock Springs’ and Evanston’s Chinatowns shared and displayed a large, colorful dragon during their Lunar (Chinese) New Year Parade. The soon-to-be famous dragon first made front page news in 1895, when it … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American history, Chinese Americans, Immigration, Racism, Railroad History, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged Chinese New Year, Dragon Parade, Evanston, Golden Dragon Museum, Historical Events, Immigration History, Loong, Lunar New Year, Rock Springs, Rock Springs Massacre, Sweetwater County Historical Museum
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