While recent events have reminded us of the long history of discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders we can also celebrate the deep roots that AAPI communities have had in our state and our region.
Chinese
[1880-1900?]
Chinese-American men
[1890-1910?]
Chinese dragon Festival Mtn. and Plain
[1900?]
Japanese railroad workers
[1900?]
Tioga - Bubba - Uyado - Matsumoto
1915 July 20
Members of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple 1917-1919
circa 1917
Group of Japanese women and young girls
[1916-1920]
Y. Tamai, Buddhist priest
[1933?]
Chinese miners Idaho Springs
[1920-1930]
Women at Union Station in Denver, Colorado
[1930-1940?]
United States Savings Bonds
[1952-1957?]
First evacuee arrivals at Granada
1942 August 30
Two Japanese-American soldiers, home on furlough, and their girlfriends, viewing the flower booth at the Arts and Crafts Festival
1943 March 6
A Chinese New Year quartet
Circa 1960s
Tran Viet Cuong, Minh, and her husband Tran Viet Hung 1976
Thuan Lu at George Washington High School 1992
(DENVER, CO., JULY 16, 2004) Amazing Grace Mongolian Church Pastor Baika Puntsag, 30, of Denver sits in a pew at the Korean Central Presbyterian Church where he hosts Sunday prayer, Friday July 16, 2004. Puntsag will be among the many members of the co...
Denver, CO July 25, 2005 Namita Khanna (left) coaches Joelle Broberg on the finer points of Hindu dancing during their rehearsal for the huge interfaith festival that happens in August. Rick Giase/Special to the News
(Lafayette, Co} shot on 4/15/05}) Vincent Sep, 2 (cq) and Touch Konj, (cq) (l-r) light incense and pray for a good new year. Members of the Cambodian Community will celebrate their Khmer New Year starting on Saturday. The celebration will includes Bud...
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(DENVER, COLORADO, January 30, 2005) Left to right: Eed Cefkin holds a program and Jay Patel holds a flashlight as they review their dancers' ques into the performance with Tri Sai Damrongsang, Natalie Premratananont, Sawanee Viboolsittiseri, and Tari...
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KAS071 Joshua Zhong, left, and Lily Nie laugh during an interview in their Centennial home on Monday, July 17, 2006. The couple founded Chinese Children Adoption International, which has helped find homes in the United States for nearly 7,000 Chinese c...
Members of the "Lao Buddhist Temple of Colorado" cheer on, as they walk towards the dock to the sound of traditional music, in celebration of them qualifying to the finals. The 7th Annual Dragon Boat races went underway at Sloan's Lake in Denver on J...
Kelsang Gyaltsen(CQ), a native of Tibet holds up the Tibeten flag as he joined supporters in welcoming Kirsten Westby of Boulder, Colo., Thursday afternoon May 10, 2007 as she arrives at Denver International Airport after her brave act of unfurling a ...
Joy Romero Meyers (cq) makes rice to accompany her Filipino stuffed chicken for our Asian food shoot in her home in Denver, Colorado, Thursday, July 12, 2007. (JUDY DEHAAS/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **Joy Romero Meyers (cq)
Wearing a traditional Hmong dress, Pada Lee (cq), 16, of Arvada, Colo., stands outside one of the Hmong booths at the dragon boat festival on Sunday, July 29, 2007. (JONATHAN D. WOODS/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **Pada Lee (cq)
Nepal-born owner Hari Garung, cq, holds her Namaste Special; Tandoori chicken, Lamb curry, Shrimp masala, Daal, Saag paneer, Naan, Kheer, an appetizer and rice at her Namaste Restaurant Wednesday Feb. 9, 2007 in Lakewood. (AHMAD TERRY/ ROCKY MOUNTAIN ...
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Sara Ludin (cq) age 20 was born in the United States from an Afghan father and an American mother. She is a proud muslim with mixed views about the war. She did not support the invasion to Iraq, but feels that the American public should give the troops...
(CS0227) Hline Pyu (cq), 72, a Burmese refugee, talks about the one and only time he voted in the 1950's in Burma, as a group of refugees learn about the U.S. election system at the voting center at Montclair Recreation Center in Denver, Colo., on Frid...
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RMN 2/3/1991 Eh Lweh, right, and other Burmese refugees examine final plans for converting a vacant lot in east Denver into a public park, which will include a soccer field, a playground, picnic tables and trees. (Denver Post 2010)
