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Education in Moung Sayasila

ContributorsSage, William W. (Author)
Created1970
DescriptionBook on the education on children in rural villages in the Ban Houei Kong region in Laos, focused around the Mekong river, and the issues between ethnic groups and social structure that have prevented large-scale primary education in these areas.
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Minority Groups In Northern Laos

ContributorsIwata, Leiji (Author) / Sakomoto, H. (Translator) / Halpern, Joel (Editor)
Created1960
DescriptionA report on the minority groups in Northern Laos, with a focus on the Yao.
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The Lamvong

Created1969
DescriptionArticle describing the lamvong, a particular style of dance and music involving drums that was common across Southeast Asia.
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Life Under the Pathet Lao in the Xieng Khouang Ville Area

ContributorsMcKeithen, Edwin T. (Author) / Khouang, Xieng (Author)
Created1970
DescriptionReport about how the Pathet Lao government has employed a variety of programs to train people in villages, update agriculture, impose new forms of taxation and the relationship between the people and the government.
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Rural Communities

ContributorsGuerrini, Dominique (Author)
DescriptionRecords describing life and organization in rural communities, particularly how the national government maintains relations with these villages.
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Commission for Rural Affairs

Created1969
DescriptionDescribes the objectives and progress of the agricultural programs of the Commission for Rural Affairs
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The Fifth Month Festival

ContributorsSage, William W. (Contributor)
Created1976
DescriptionAn article describing the Fifth Month Festival or the New Years Festival and its rituals by Laotians living in the San Francisco Bay area
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Laos: Another Sideshow

ContributorsDeVecchi, Maggie (Author)
Created1980
DescriptionA paper examining the documentation of Frank Snepps’ Descent Interval and William Shawcross’s sideshow in their examination of US intervention in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
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The Situation in Laos

Created1959
DescriptionReport describing the history, economics, and geography of Laos and then the history of its rising communist movement, Lao Issara.
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Nha-Heun

DescriptionHandwritten description of a local legend for the village of Nha-Heun.