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APA's are leaders in medical and scientific research, the halls of Congress, in the classrooms of our educational institutions, in business, labor, the arts, and every other human endeavor. They are building economic and technological bridges across the Pacific and beyond, which will ensure America's leadership well into the next millennium. These sons and daughters of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and so many other Asian and Pacific lands have enriched our national life and culture with their energy and talents, with their commitment to family and community and with their enduring reverence for freedom.
Asian and Pacific Islander Ethnic Groups
Cambodian (Kampuchean), Chinese, Filipino, Guamanian, Hawaiian, Hmong.
Asian Indian (South Asian)
Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Pakistani, Samoan, Thai, Tongan, Vietnamese.
Other Micronesian:
Carolinian, Saipanese, Tinian Islander, Marshallese, Bikini Islander, Eniwetok Islander, Kwajalein Islander, Mironesian, Paulauan, Ponapean, Tarawa Islander, Trukese, and Yapese
Melanesian:
Fijian, Melanesian, Papua New Guinean, Solomon Islander, and New Hebrides Islander.
Other Polynesian:
Polynesian, Tahitian, Kokeauan, Hawaiian, tongan, Samoan
All Other Asian Americans:
Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Bornean, Burmese, celebesian, Cernan, Indochinese, Iwo Jiman, Javense, Malayan, Maldivian, Nepali, Olinawan, Sikkim, Signaporean, Sri Lankan, and other Asian Americans.
In 1997 the office of Management and Budget split the Asian/Pacific Islander category into two separate groups
and added a new Hawaiian Native classification "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander".
The Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander is defined as "a person having origins in any of the original people of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands". |
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