Laotians in the San Francisco Bay Area

Indexed by Matthew Yoshimoto

Last Name, First or TopicPage(s)Image Type Other Information
Annual lu Mien American Leadership Conference114photo
Anousavary15photo
Arc de Triomphe15photoin Paris
Asian Pacific Environmental Network111photo
Asian Youth Advocates23photo
Ban Thong Refugee Camp28, 45, 116photoat the Thailand-Laos boarder in Thailand
Banouvong family45photo
Banouvong, Andrea60photo
Banouvong, Ariyakone45, 60, 79photo
Banouvong, Houmpheng45, 46, 47, 58, 60, 106, 121photo
Banouvong, Kethmani45, 46, 60photo
Banouvong, Phou45photo
Banouvong, Tea58photo
Banouvong, Van Sy45photo
Banteay Srei23photoa Khmer women’s empowerment project in Oakland
Bonner, Mitchell80photo
Bonner, Mitchell I.27, 31photorefugee relief worker
Boonkert, Khamonh93photo
Bounnhock Nhouthitham90photo
Canela Leonor60photo
Canela, Rafael60photo
Catholic Charities120photoin Alameda
Center for Lao Studies84, 85, 89, 96, 114
Chao K. Nokham Auto Sales Center119photoin Oakland, California
Chao, Chanchien94photo
Chin, Karen112photo
Choi, Cynthia112photo
Church World Service19
Commando Training Center17photoin Udonthani Proince, Thailand
Contra Costa County124photo
Country Cheese Company122photoin Berkeley, California, is Laotian American family owned and operated
Damrong, Khamphoy91photo
Darasaeng, Air93photo
Davis, Gray109photoGov.
De Anza High School102photo
Dong Dok Normal Teacher College98photoin Laos
El Cerrito High School23photo
Feinstein, Dianne106photo38th mayor of San Francisco
Forces Armée Laotienne16photo
Galang, Angelina102photo
Golden Gate Bridge47photo
Hamilton Field29, 36photo
Hamilton Field Transit Center31photo
Hamilton Transit Center32, 35photo
Hmongs114photo
Hofstadter, Charles35photoDr.
Home Economic Extension of the Department of Agriculture14photo
Houngviengkha, Oradee99photosinger
Houngviengkham, Saysombath98photo
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride March110photo
Inpraseuth, Leo43photo
Inpraseuth, Somphet43photo
International Committee of Migration32photo
International Conference on Lao Studies96
International Lao New Year Festival85photoin San Francisco
International Rescue Committee19
Inthavong, Chom104photo
Iu Mien New Year celebration95photo
Janetvilay, Boutsaba10, 25, 79, 102photo
Janetvilay, Bouttry45photo
Janetvilay, Chirasak79photo
Janetvilay, Pinmany26, 65, 79photo
Janetvilay, Sarathy48, 79photo
Janetvilay, Sousiva25, 102, 120photo
Janetvilay, Teng79photo
Journal of Lao Studies96
Karnsouvong, Boonthong115photo
Karnsouvong, Chris K.93photo
Karnsouvong, Chris Khamvong103photo
Karnsouvong, Khamvong100photo
Kennedy High School111photo
Kennedy, John F.13photoUS Pres.
Keomanivanh, Sy93photo
Keosaeng family22, 23photo
Keosaeng, Khamsaeng22, 23, 51, 110photo
Keosaeng, Nang22, 23, 51, 93photoKhamsaeng Keosaeng’s wif; active with the Khmu Women Association
Keosaeng, Phanat23photothe youngest son of Khamsaeng and Nang Keosaeng
Keosaeng, Saengthip23photograduate the San Francisco Culinary Academy
Khamorn, Kelly112photo
Khamphou, Mathavongsy20
Khamsomphou, Khamphone124photoa Lao refugee
Khmu114photo
Khmu and lu Mien Baptist Church63
Khmu Association of the Bay Area89
Khmu Baptist Church22, 23, 92photo
Khmu Catholic Church63
Khmu Mormon Church63
Khmu National Federation23photo
Khmu New Year celebration80photo
Khmu New Year festival81photo
Khmu Women’s Association93photoin Richmond
Kho’s Auto Repair123photoLao customers know it as Lao Chareurn
King Pan Temple76photo(King Pan Buddha Lishe Palace)
Kingdom of Thailand’s Ministry of the Interior20
Kodama, Lori112photo
Lan Xang Boulevard15photo(sometimes known in Lao as Thanon Luang, meaning “Grand Avenue or Street”), which has been called the “Champs Elysées of the East.”
Lao and Cambodian New Year festival107photo
Lao Art and Culture Association89of Oakland, California
Lao Buddhist temple63
Lao Chareurn Supermarket123photo
Lao Christian Evangelical Church64photo
Lao Family Community Development89 , 94of Oakland and San Pablo, California
Lao government10photo
Lao Grocery Store118photo
Lao Heritage Foundation84, 85
Lao Iu Mien Culture Association76, 95photoin Oakland; founded in 1982 to preserve the culture and heritage of the lu Mien who came from the highland Lao tribal community
Lao Lan Xang Association89, 90founded in 1981
Lao Loum114photo
Lao Lutheran Church63
Lao New Year celebration88photo
Lao Oral History Archive96, 114
Lao royal army116photo
Lao Senior Association of the Bay Area109photo
Lao Seri Association89, 113
Lao Temple122photo
Lao Women’s Association of the Bay Area89, 91, 92
Lao, Pathet12
Laotian American National Alliance84, 85, 105
Laotian embroidery exhibition87photoin San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighbor
Laotian nurses13photo
Laotian Organizing Project23photo
Le, Kong10photo
Lee, Sun Hyung112photo
Leoto Chinese High School52photo
lu Mien57, 87, 114photo
lu Mien Auto Body Repair shop119photo
lu Mien Cultural Center76photo
lu Mien family36, 123photo
lu Mien Kuatang ceremony74photo
lu Mien Saechao family59photo
Luang Kitchen Lao Cuisine124photoformerly known as That Luang Market from 1990 to 2009
Luangrath, Phet91photo
Manivanh, Kerry93photo
Manixay, Seng44, 98, 104photo
Maple Hall81photo
March for Reproductive Health Care112photoat Sacramento
Mathavongsy family11, 24photo
Mathavongsy, Khammany11, 20,61, 68
McConnell, Mitch113photoSenator
Mekong Market123photoin San Pablo
Miller, George110photoUS representative
Moeya, Kongchanh48photo
Nang Sang Kan procession83photo
Napho Refugee Camp24, 64photoin Thailand
National Khmu Youth and Education Conference23photo
National Laotian Army16photo
National Teacher’s Day celebration82photo
Newsome, Gavin85photo42nd mayor of San Francisco
Nguyen, Loc124photo
Nguyen, Thang71photo
Nhat Mith Association89, 91
Nhonchachit, Susy79photo
Nhonthachit, Ai79photo
Nhonthachit, Naly65photo
Nhonthachit, Noy79photo
Nhonthachit, Olay65photo
Nokham, Chao K.113, 119photo
Nokham, Chao Khamlouang17photopolice colonel
Nomprasert, Torm93photo
Nompraseurt, Torm111photoLaotian project organizer
Nong Khai Refugee Camp20, 26, 27
Normprasert, Torm94photo
North of Market Planning Coalition78, 107photo
Nuphet, Phaya44photo
Oakland Airport29, 36photo
Oakland Chinese New Year Parade88photo
Oakland’s Chinatown119photo
Oakland’s Chinatown Festival111photo
Office of Refugee Resettlement19
Orinda Community Center91photo
Oriyavong, Khamsamone101photo
Ounkeo, Chanthanom52, 78, 107photo
Palace of Fine Arts55photoin San Francisco, California
Pan, King87photo
Pao, Vang94photo
Pathet Lao army115photo
Patuxai15photothe Victory Gate or Gate of Triumph; formerly the Anousavary or Anosavari Monument.
Phahongchanh, Khamphay112photo
Phan, Wenphou94photo
Phanat Nikhom Refugee Camp22photoin Thailand
Philippine Refugee Processing Center20, 25
Phongboupha, Manh93photo
Phuthama, Thongsoun116photo
Point Four Program13photo
Rajkeo, Kongkham72photo
Rangsi, Marina14photoTiao (Lao for princess); appointed the director of the Home Economic Extension of the Department of Agriculture of the Royal Lao government
Raxakoul family16, 122photo
Raxakoul, Mairie122photo
Raxakoul, Mira122photo
Raxakoul, Mola122photo
Raxakoul, Phengkio16, 17, 20photoofficer in the Royal Lao Military Academy
Raxakoul, Phithuck122photo
Raxakoul, Phouthaluck122photo
Reemsnyder, Laurie27, 28photo
Rhinelander, Marcus Q.18photo
Richmond City Hall93photo
Richmond Civic Center70photo
Royal Armed Forces16photo
Royal Lao Army11photoformed in 1948
Sacchao, Chaylium62photo
Sackdavong, Chanthala26, 46photoSon of Samly Sackdavong
Sackdavong, Chanthalangsy46photo
Sackdavong, Chanthavy26, 48, 48photoSon of Samly Sackdavong
Sackdavong, Khammek26, 46, 50, 122photo
Sackdavong, Khanthaly46photo
Sackdavong, Kinnaly46photo
Sackdavong, Samly26, 46, 123photo
Saechao, Chaosarn94photo
Saechao, Chris59photo
Saechao, Fam112photo
Saechao, Frank59photo
Saechao, Kouichoy47, 56, 73, 74, 94, 107, 108photo
Saechao, Mey27, 59, 71, 86photo
Saechao, Nai62photo
Saechao, Roger59photo
Saechao, Sarn59photo
Saechao, Sipfou112photo
Saechao, Sou62photo
Saechao, Yao59photofather
Saefong, Nai27, 59photo
Saefong, Pao86photo
Saengsourith, Chanh93photo
Sage, William46photoUSAID officer
Saika, Peggy112photo
Samly Laundry and Dry Clean123photo
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade87photo
San Francisco City Hall106photo
San Francisco Civic Center84
San Francisco Culinary Academy23photo
San Francisco International Airport24photo
San Francisco Lao soccer team101photo
San Francisco Public Health Department Tuberculosis Control Division122photo
San Francisco State University59photo
San Francisco’s Asian Heritage Street Celebration114photo
San Francisco’s Chinatown118photo
San Francisco’s General Hospital121photo
San Pablo City Hall81photo
Sanchioni, Todd115photo
Savang, Souriyavong81photo
Savannakhet, Ecole Normal82photo
Sayavong family42photo
Sayavong, Bouakham28, 42, 44, 53, 61, 98photo
Sayavong, Dee42, 53photo
Sayavong, Gayle42photo
Sayavong, Jimmy53photo
Sayavong, Khamkheua44, 53, 57photo
Sayavong, Megan42photo
Sayavong, Noi44photo
Sayavong, Pam98photo
Sayavong, Phoumy42, 53, 104photo
Sayavong, Sean42photo
Sayavong, See Wai42, 53photo
Sayavong, Seng53photo
Saycocie-Intaracanchit, Bouakham32photo“Betsy”
Ser, Vang94photoDr.
Siharath, Lao Chinese Yu Lan54photo
Siharath, Lao Isan Pradith Mata54photo
Siharath, Mangkharath54photoson of Yu Lan Siharath
Siharath, Pradith Mata55photo
Siharath, Sandra55photo
Siharath, Yu Lan54, 55photo
Singer Sewing Center27photoin Nong Khai
Sipanya Pin44photo
Sipanya, Khamsao44photo
Sipanya, Sengpha104photo
Sipanya, Thongchan98, 104photo
Sipaseuth, Leuan124photo
Sirivath, Boongeun100photokhene player
Sirivath, Somaack48photo
Sirivath, Thae48photo
Somphone, Pam44, 98, 104photo
Somsanith, Bounmy60photo
Somsanith, Darouny60photo
Somsanith, Phammaly102photoSecond-generation Laotian American
Somsanith, Vongduane60photo
Soumpholphakdy, Ketsomchay26, 79photo
Soumpholphakdy, Ketvilay26photo
Soumpholphakdy, Loy26, 48, 79photo
Soungpanya, Brenda42, 48photo
Soungpanya, Diana42, 48photodaughter of Brenda Soungpanya
Soungpanya, Leck43photo
Soungpanya, Linda42, 43, 48photo
Soungpanya, Pon43photo
Soungpanya, Ray75, 94, 120, 121photo
Soungpanya, Sean61photo
Soungpanya, Thone42, 48photoson of Brenda Soungpanya
Sounpanya, Brenda56photo
Sounpanya, Diana56photo
Sounpanya, Linda56photo
Sounpanya, Ray56photo
Sounpanya, Thone56photo
Southeast Asian Community Center108photo
Sphabmixay, Bounsouei91photo
Summer Study Abroad in Laos96
Sumphun Phinong Lao Association93, 94photo
Swiss Foundation for Mine Action18photononprofit
Sydavong, Bouavanh Syphandone82photo
Sysamouth, Vinya68, 71, 118photoexecutive director of the Center for Lao Studies
Tai Lue114photo
Teso, Wath34photo
Thao, Maiko112photo
That Luang Market124photo
The Hmong39photo
The Khmu51photo
Thepkayson, Bounchanh80photo
Thepkaysone, Bailey86photoson of Bounchanh Thepkaysone; police officer in El Cerrito, California
Thepkaysone, Bounchanh86, 100, 101photo
Thepkaysone, Hongkham52photoattended Leoto Chinese High School in Vientiane
Thirakul family13photo
Thirakul, Ken15, 51, 91photo
Thirakul, Kesa14, 91photo
Thirakul, Khemma51photobrother of Ken Thirakul
Travis Air Force Base29, 38, 40photo
Ubonrajthani Refugee Camp26photoin Thailand
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees20, 21, 24
United Nations Plaza84, 100
US Agency for International Development13photo
US Army Armor School11photoat Fort Knox, Kentucky
US Catholic Conference19
Va, Vang94photo
Veteran’s Memorial Hall81photoin Richmond
Vientian Café118photo
Vientiane Hair Salon124photo
Vilaysack, Bounsy47photo
Vong, Boon17photo
Vongsy, Khammai101photo
Vongthavady, Amy43photo
Washington High School101photo
Wat Lao Rattanaram65, 66, 68, 83photo
Wat Lao Rattanaram Temple63, 69founded in 1982
Wattai Airport15photosometimes referred to as the “Vertical Runway.”
Women’s Building95photoin San Francisco
Yanouphet, Sa104photo
Yanouphet, Singh98photo
Yee, Leland84 ,107California state senator
Yee, Vang94photo
Ying, Vang94photo