Refugees From Tibet
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- March 27, 1971
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 1991107616417
- Physical Description
- Black and white negative
- Scope and Content
- Tibetan refugees and their families set foot in Lethbridge in the first step to becoming the newest southern Albertans. The 33-member group was among a total of 220 Tibetans arrivals in a movement based primarily on humanitarian groups to alleviate the plight of some of those living in India. The …
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- March 27, 1971
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- The Lethbridge Herald
- Physical Description
- Black and white negative
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Scope and Content
- Tibetan refugees and their families set foot in Lethbridge in the first step to becoming the newest southern Albertans. The 33-member group was among a total of 220 Tibetans arrivals in a movement based primarily on humanitarian groups to alleviate the plight of some of those living in India. The arrangement was part of an agreement between the federal government and Tibet which allowed a limited number of refugees to be accepted into Canada on an experimental basis. The families were located on farms after they had completed language instruction.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 1991107616417
- Collection
- Archive
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