Last Updated: 21 May 2008

• 2008 Presidential Proclamation
• Celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month!
• APAHM on Smithsonian Magazine
• APAHM on infoplease
• APAHM at the University of Kansas website
• Ten Good Things To Do for APA Heritage Month

• Creation of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week  (Public Law 95-419)
• Creation of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Public Law 102-450)
• Federal Asian Pacific American Council

• Asian-American History Timeline
• Asian/Pacific Americans in the U.S. Army
• Asian-American Recipients of the Medal of Honor
• Famous Firsts by Asian Americans
• Asian Loan Words
• Ancestors in the Americas
• Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

• Did you know? Asian/Pacific American Facts & Figures
• U.S. Census: Asian & Pacific Islander Populations
• Facts on the Asian Population
• Facts on the Native Hawai'ian & Other Pacific Islander Population
• 1997 Survey of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises: Asian and Pacific Islander
• 2002 Survey of Business Owners

• Chinese-Americans in the late 19th/early 20th Centuries

  • Chinese American History Timeline
  • A History of Chinese AMerican Banking in Los Angeles
  • Chinese-American contributions to the transcontinental railroad
  • The Chinese and the Transcontinental Railroad
  • HistoryLink Essay: Chinese Americans
  • Museum of Chinese in America
  • Spokane's Old Chinatown: Trent Alley

• Japanese-Americans

  • Japanese Internment in World War II
  • Japanese-American Internment in WWII Photographs Exhibit
  • Children of the Camps: the Japanese American WWII interment camp experience
  • Campbell, Bertha Pitts: An Oral History: Japanese American "Evacuation" & Internment
  • HistoryLink Essay: Japanese Americans in Seattle & King County

• Indians

  • Indian-Americans: A story of Achievement
  • Embassy of India: Indian Americans

• Korean-Americans

  • Korean American History
  • Interactive Classroom on the Korean American Experience (Flash)
  • Korean American Museum

• Pacific Islanders

  • Native Hawai'ian & Other Pacific Islander Populations
  • The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders (Google Books)

• Vietnemese-Americans

  • Vietnamese Americans: Lessons in History (PDF)
  • Asian American History, Demographics, & ISsues :: The Vietnamese American Community
  • Vietnamese American Population by Region

• Prominent Asian/Pacific Americans
• Sadako Tsutakawa (Co-founder of Uwajimaya)

• Politics

  • Governor Gary Locke
  • Governor Bobby Jindal

• Arts & entertainment

  Asians Rock -- What's Your Story?	Celebrities talk about what it means to be Asian-American (YouTube)
  Apl.de.ap	Record producer and member of the hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas.
  Chang & Eng Bunker	The first "Saimese Twins".
  Vanessa Hudgens	Actress, singer, best known for the lead role in High School Musical.
  James Iha	Rock musician and former guitarist for the group the Smashing Pumpkins.
  I.M. Pei	1983 International Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, and designer of the Louvre Pyramid.
  Jim Lee	Comic book artist, creator and publisher.
  Maya Lin	Sculptist and landscape artist; her best-known work is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C..
  Lucy Liu	Emmy Award nominated actress best known for her roles in Ally McBeal, Kill Bill and the Charlie's Angels films.
  Yo-Yo Ma	Multi-Grammy Award winning cellist and Harvard graduate.
  Nicole Scherzinger	R & B / pop musician best known as the lead vocalist for the group the Pussycat Dolls.
  Rob Schneider	Saturday Night Live alum and actor, comedian, screenwriter and director.
  Mike Shinoda	Musician best known for his work in the group Linkin Park.
  George Takei	Actor best known for his role in the television series Star Trek as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
  Amy Tan	Writer and author of the popular novel The Joy Luck Club.
  Kim Thayil	Seattle-born guitarist of the band Soundgarden.
  Minoru Yamasaki	Seattle-born architect best known for the design of the World Trade Center in New York.

• Military

  Alfred Naifeh	U.S. Navy Lieutenant, and namesake of the destroyer escort U.S.S. Naifeh.
  Ellison S. Onizuka	United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut who perished aboard the Challenger mission in 1986.
  Eric K. Shinseki	United States Army General and 34th Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

• Sports

  Paoa "Duke" Kahanamoku	Champion Olympic swimmer and Father of Modern Surfing.
  Michelle Kwan	World and Olympic champion figure skater, and the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history.
  Sammy Lee	Olympic champion diver.
  Greg Louganis	Olympic and world champion diver.
  Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners center fielder (biography).
  Tiger Woods	Professional golfer.
  Kristi Yamaguchi	Olympic figure skating champion (biography).

• Comics

  • Secret Asian Man

• Motion Pictures

  • Asian American International Film Festival
  • Asian American Film
    

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