Back of Photo: Nez Perce tribe member Jo Ann Kauffman, Executive Director of the Seattle Indian Health Board, poured a can of Treaty Beer into a garbage can. She appeared at a press conference condemning the new product and said the can contained "Hate and prejudice." Conference was at Indian center near Fort Lawton. Bruce Kellman/News
Back of Photo: Thuy Vu, Vietnamese refugee, represents the Bureau of Refugee Assistance. He met with Vietnam vets who are returning to Vietnam at a special meeting held a the American Lake Veterans Hospital. News/Leslie Brown Bruce Larson/Photo
Binh Duong, a former interpreter for Americans in Vietnam, speaks to a public assistance caseworker. Duong led a group of Vietnamese refugees that he arrived with in May 1975. Duong himself already had a job and was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services to help other refugee families adjust to the new environment.
Son Deth, a Cambodian refugee, with two of her nine children. Son Deth moved with her family to Pierce County in 1975 and was sponsored by the Christ Lutheran Church of Lakewood.
Back of Photo: --Statue of Love and Gratitude-- Sai Dinh Nguyen works on a statue of love and gratitude that he and Khuyen Van Hoang molded from 1,200 pounds of concrete. It isn't known yet where the statue will be placed, though some consideration has been given to moving it to a community center at Bayview, WA.
Back of Photo: --Mailorder English-- Mui Tran, 58 is learning "survival" English by reading daily from the Sears catalog, the textbook for his class at Tacoma Community College. But the former tea farmer from the high mountains of Vietnam is quickly learning why so many people call the mail-order catalogs "wishbooks." Like his classmates in 90 similar classes in Washington, Tran's inability to speak English is barring him from finding a job.
Back of Photo: --New Life-- A plastic bathtub is something new to Vietnamese refugees Long Vo and his wife, Lahn, both 21, who arrived in Wenatchee last month. They are starting a new life with their 2-year-old daughter, Tien, and infant son.
A child sleeps at Sea-Tac Airport after an 11-hour flight from Hong Kong. They were among 300 refugees who had arrived in early June 1979 at Sea-Tac Airport.
Back of Photo: Central Lutheran Church volunteer Robert G. Freeman, right, played wit Matthew, 6 mo., while mother Kim (didn't want last name used) held Matthew and brother Dean, 21 mo. The family was visiting at the Central Lutheran Church "Visiting Place Program." Merryman Bruce Larson/Photo
Back of Photo: Margaret Stickler is a volunteer with The Visiting Place, where volunteers supervise visits between CPS parents and their children who are in foster care.
