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Chinese? men gold mining with cradles/rockers, carrying pails of water, and digging; camp in distance.

At some point during the 1990s the size of the Asian Indian population in the United States surpassed the one million mark. Today’s Indians in America are a diverse group. They come from every state in India as well as from around the globe: England,…

Indian Legacies Of The 1965 Immigration Act On Its 50th Anniversary
At the same time, countless Indian and other South Asian immigrants struggle at the economic, social, and political margins of American society. Many labor in exploitative work…

North End, Boston

The migration experience creates a unique set of challenges for families, which can result in intergenerational conflict and create the conditions for abuse or neglect. Alternatively, families can cope with these challenges in creative and seemingly…

Sixty digitized photographs of the Patel family, owners of the Patel Brothers chain of Indian grocery stores. Donated by Susan Patel, daughter of co-founder Tulasi Patel, the images primarily document the domestic aspects of Patel family life, but…

Bilingualism is common among second-generation children. Most children who grow up in immigrant households speak an immigrant language at home, but almost all are proficient in English.

English-only is the predominant pattern by the third…

"[The Kaimal's] Enjoying the Christmas tree in their Seattle apartment. Note the television in the background. They were able to buy their first TV set with the tax rebate check they received for having a dependent (Padma). It was exactly enough…