Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

https://www.aiisf.org/research
Angel Island immigrant research guide from the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage and History in the U.S.
https://edsitement.neh.gov/closer-readings/asian-pacific-heritage-month
“This collection of resources and lessons are designed for use during and beyond Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and can be integrated across K-12  humanities classrooms.” 

Asian Nation
http://www.asian-nation.org/index.shtml
A “one-stop information resource and sociological exploration of the historical, demographic, political, and cultural issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community.”

Asian Pacific American Center

https://learninglab.si.edu/org/apac 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States. Asian American and Pacific Islander artists, activists, scientists, writers, and more.

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
https://asianpacificheritage.gov/about/
This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Asian Pacific American Heritage
https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/asian-pacific-american-heritage-month
The National Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the Asian and Pacific Islander experience.

Being Asian in America
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/2022/08/02/documentary-being-asian-in-america/
A video documentary from the Pew Research Center.

Chinese Heritage
https://www.archives.gov/research/chinese-americans
The National Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the Chinese immigration, Exclusion Act,  Genealogical links, and more.

Chinese Immigration and Chinese in the United States
https://www.archives.gov/research/chinese-americans/guide.html
National Archives Reference Information Paper No. 99. A good starting point for Chinese-American researchers.

Chinese in California, 1850-1925
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/chineseinca/
This collection from the Bancroft Library of the University of California Berkeley illustrates 19th and early 20th century Chinese immigration to California through about 8000 images and pages of primary source materials.

Densho
https://densho.org/collections/family-history/
"The Densho Family History Program’s mission is to help members of the Japanese American community connect with their history through education, training, access to genealogical tools, and preservation of historical materials."

In Their Own Words: The Diverse Perspectives of Being Asian in America
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/interactives/in-their-own-words-the-diverse-perspectives-of-being-asian-in-america/
Quotes from Asian Americans from all different Asian countries about their experiences in the Unite States.

Japan GenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jpnwgw/
This web site contains links to Japanese genealogical web sites in English, Spanish and Japanese. Research on Japanese family heritage can also be done according to Japanese prefecture.

Japanese-Americans
https://www.archives.gov/research/japanese-americans
From the National Archives, find documents, photographs, audiovisual Japanese Relocation and Internment During World War II.

Key Facts about Asian Americans and Their Origin Groups in the U.S.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/29/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s/
"Here’s a look at some of these differences, as well as how individual origin groups compare with the nation’s overall Asian American population."

Pacific Islander Americanshttps://www.everyculture.com/multi/Le-Pa/Pacific-Islander-Americans.html
First immigrants, acculturation and assimilation, traditions, customs, and beliefs, etc.