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Pacific Islander Americans make up 0.5% of the US population including those with partial Pacific Islander ancestry, enumerating about 1.4 million people. The largest ethnic subgroups of Pacific Islander Americans are Native Hawaiians, Samoans, and Chamorros. Much of the Pacific Islander population resides in Hawaii, Alaska, California, Utah ...
James Smith was the first person of Pacific Islander descent to be awarded the Medal of Honor, awarded to him in 1872. [7] Sergeant Charles J. Simons, an Indian-American, was the first person of Asian descent to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Simons was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1896 for his actions during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864. [3]
This is a list of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans in the U.S. Congress. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The term refers to a panethnic group that includes diverse populations with ancestral origins in East Asia, South Asia or Southeast Asia, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1]
In recent years, Asian Americans have been represented well at the military academies compared to their share of the national population. Although Asian/Pacific Islander Americans are 3.49% of the national population aged 18–24, [228] they are about 9–10% of the classes of 2014 at West Point, [229] the Naval Academy, [230] and the Air Force ...
Lately, Cho has started working with the Pennsylvania chapter of Make Us Visible, which “advocates for Asian American Pacific Islander histories to be included as part of K through 12 curriculum.”
Each May, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month celebrates the culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander Americans.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (as of 2021, officially changed from Asian American Pacific Islander Month) [1] is observed in the United States during the month of May, and recognizes the contributions and influence of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.
Samoan Americans are Pacific Islanders in the United States census, and are the second largest Pacific Islander group in the US, after Native Hawaiians. American Samoa has been an unincorporated territory of the United States since 1900, and Samoa, formally known as the Independent State of Samoa and known as Western Samoa until 1997, is an ...