Fil-Minnesotan Association

The Fil-Minnesotan Association is a non-profit organization based in Plymouth, Minnesota, that serves Filipino Americans throughout the United States. Since its founding in 1953, it has provided education, nurtured Filipino cultural traditions, and prepared Filipino youth for leadership roles.

Tibetan Minnesotans perform an incense-burning ceremony for the wellbeing and health of their spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota in St. Paul, ca. 2018. Photograph by Tashi Khongtsotsang.

Tibetan incense-burning ceremony

Tibetan Minnesotans perform an incense-burning ceremony for the wellbeing and health of their spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota in St. Paul, ca. 2018. Photograph by Tashi Khongtsotsang.

Tibetan Americans perform a traditional Tibetan opera in front of the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota in St. Paul, ca. 2018. Photograph by Tashi Khongtsotsang.

Tibetan opera performance

Tibetan Americans perform a traditional Tibetan opera in front of the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota in St. Paul, ca. 2018. Photograph by Tashi Khongtsotsang.

The Dalai Lama at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota in St. Paul, 2017. Photograph by Tashi Khongtsotsang.

The Dalai Lama at the Tibetan American Foundation Minnesota

The Dalai Lama at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota in St. Paul, 2017. Photograph by Tashi Khongtsotsang.

Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota (TAFM)

The Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization with members living in and around Twin Cities. Since its inception in 1992, it has transformed into a full-fledged social and cultural hub through events held at its headquarters, the Tibetan Community Cultural Center in St. Paul. It strives to preserve Tibetan identity, culture, and tradition, as well as to spread peace and compassion through social services in and around the Twin Cities.

Camp McCoy, Wisconsin

Camp McCoy (Fort McCoy), Wisconsin

Postcard depicting Camp McCoy (also called Fort McCoy), Wisconsin, ca. 1980. Thom Higgins papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

GayLife cover

GayLife cover

The cover of the issue of GayLife published on Friday, August 8, 1980. The issue focused on the Cuban refugees detained at Fort McCoy (Wisconsin) after the Mariel Boatlift. Thom Higgins papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

 Cuban refugees at Fort McCoy

Cuban refugees at Fort McCoy

Photograph of Cuban refugees at Fort McCoy (Wisconsin). Published in GayLife, Friday, August 8, 1980. Original caption: "The refugees told of rape and beatings in the camp by non-gay refugees. It's important to get the gay refugees out as quickly as possible. Fort McCoy, Wisc. and Indian Gap, Pa. will close in a month. All refugees will be herded into the already crowded and most turbulent camp of all: Fort Chafee, Ark." Thom Higgins papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Cuban refugees inside Fort McCoy

Cuban refugees inside Fort McCoy

Photograph of Cuban refugees at Fort McCoy (Wisconsin) after the Mariel Boatlift. Published in GayLife, Friday, August 8, 1980. Original caption: "'Get us a job.' 'Please get us a job,' the refugees cried out as GayLife proceeded through the compound. Do you have a job for a refugee? Please call 922-5822."

Inside Fort McCoy after the Mariel Boatlift

Inside Fort McCoy after the Mariel Boatlift

A guard and a Cuban refugee inside Fort McCoy (Wisconsin). Published in GayLife, Friday, August 8, 1980. From the Thom Higgins papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

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