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Lao American History and Culture Resources

This LibGuide offers a curated selection of resources that highlight the history, culture, and contributions of the Lao American community.

Lao American Community Organizations Resources

Bourommavong, Monica A. The educational experiences of Lao Americans impacted by deportation. (2021)  

Chanthaphavong, Samaya. (2013). Laotian and Hmong Americans: History and Culture. In Asian American History and Culture (pp. 532–537).  

Coburn, Jewell Reinhart. (1979). Encircled Kingdom: Legends and Folktales of Laos. Thousand Oaks, California: Burn, Hart.   (for folktales and ESL settings) 

Daulton, Judy. (2023) Grandma feeds me sticky rice. (9798391889403)  (language development and culture)

Daulton, Judy. (2023). My Tha-tha, My friend: A Lao-American Children’s book about a grandpa from Laos (Lao-American Children’s Story Books). (language development and culture)

Daulton, Judy. (2024). Khop Jai Der, Count from 10 to 20 in Laotian and English (Lao-American Children’s Story Books). (language development and culture)

Daulton, Judy. (2024). Sattu, 123 Count to ten in Laotian (Lao-American Children’s Story Books). (language development and culture)

Douangsavanh, Khammany. (2024). What Si do you see? 9798992416701 

Fu, Danling. (1995). “My Trouble Is My English”: Asian Students and the American Dream
 Boynton/Cook, Heinemann

Kuras, Ellen and Phrasavath, Thavisouk. (2008). Nerakhoon The betrayal. Documentary  

Ling, Huping. (2008). Emerging Voices: Experiences of Underrepresented Asian Americans
 ISBN: 9780813546254

Pan, Hyleigh, Compiler. Hyleigh Pan collection of digital photographs of Lao ephemera, 2023 https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89g5vmf/ Available here: https://calisphere.org/collections/28074/ 

Pan, P. & Eades, Z. (2020). Kong’s adventure. Kora Publishing. 

Phetmixay Means Fighter, A Documentary Film (2016) Rita P. Phetmixay. (Access to Thesis: https://escholarship.org/content/qt2qr1t93c/qt2qr1t93c.pdf)

Sanavongsay. N. (2013). A sticky mess. Sahtu Press.  

Shah, Bindi V. (2012). Laotian daughters: working toward community, belonging, and environmental justice. 9781439908136  

Stories from Laos: Folktales and Cultures of the Lao, Hmong, Khammu, and Iu-Mien. Multilingual ed. Covina, CA: Pacific Asia Press, 1995. 

Thammavongsa, Souvankham. How To Pronounce Knife. Little, Brown. Apr. 2020. 192p. ISBN 9780316422130. ISBN 9780316422116 

ʻUthin Bunnyāvong, Inversin, B., Duffy, D., & ʻUthin Bunnyāvong. (1999). Phǣng mǣ = Mother’s beloved : stories from Laos (Inversin & D. Duffy, Eds.). University of Washington Press. 9780295977362 

Wayuphā Thotsa. Lao Folktales. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited, 2008.  

Youme, Landowne and Kouanchao, Malichansouk. (2010). Mali under the night sky : a Lao story of home. 1st ed. El Paso, Tex: Cinco Puntos Press.