Since its inception in 1978. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month has helped to foster a greater public appreciation of the contributions of Asian and Pacific Island Americans to our national heritage. It has also engendered a greater sense of pride among Americans of Asian and Pacific Island ancestry. ranging from Pacific islanders whose Polynesian ancestors inhabited the islands long before Captain Cook discovered them. to the most recent immigrants from Southeast Asia. It is rewarding to note that Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month has been observed not only by Federal. State and local government agencies throughout the country. but in public schools. publiclibraries. art galleries. and by many civic organizations.
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