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'''Palauan Americans''' are American citizens of [[Palauan people|Palauan]] descent. |
'''Palauan Americans''' are American citizens of [[Palauan people|Palauan]] descent. Possibly live in United States a 10,000 Palauans, although there only, according the 2010 census, 7,450 Americans of this origin. |
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Since the late 1940s, many palauan have emigrated abroad. Thus, in 1953, there were a hundred people from Palau in the American island of Guam, where they founded an association: Palau Association. Over the years, the number of palauan was growing and many were already in a Palauan bai and attended a Protestant church. |
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Since early 1970, when it extended the [[Pell Grant]], several hundred Palauan and other students of Micronesia emigrated to the U.S. in order to study in their universities. |
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So, the Palauan students emigating to USA was increasing by 250 people every year. |
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Many of Palauans live in in [[California]] (in cities as [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]), [[Portland, Oregon]] (where live few thousand of Micronesians from entire area de Micronesia) and [[Texas]] ([[Corsicana]]). <ref name=microsabroadfr>[http://www.micsem.org/pubs/counselor/frames/microsabroadfr.htm Micronesians Abroad]. Posted by Francis X. Hezel, SJ and Eugenia Samuel. 2006. Retrieved in Juny 24, 2013, to 23:45pm. </ref> |
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==Notable Palauan-Americans== |
==Notable Palauan-Americans== |
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| Palauan English, Palauan, Sonsorolese, Tobian | |
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Palauan Americans are American citizens of Palauan descent. Possibly live in United States a 10,000 Palauans, although there only, according the 2010 census, 7,450 Americans of this origin.
Since the late 1940s, many palauan have emigrated abroad. Thus, in 1953, there were a hundred people from Palau in the American island of Guam, where they founded an association: Palau Association. Over the years, the number of palauan was growing and many were already in a Palauan bai and attended a Protestant church.
Since early 1970, when it extended the Pell Grant, several hundred Palauan and other students of Micronesia emigrated to the U.S. in order to study in their universities. So, the Palauan students emigating to USA was increasing by 250 people every year.
Many of Palauans live in in California (in cities as Pasadena), Portland, Oregon (where live few thousand of Micronesians from entire area de Micronesia) and Texas (Corsicana). [3]
Notable Palauan-Americans
References
- ^ "Total ancestry´s categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported in 2010 American Community Survey Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ infoplease: Native Hawaiian and Other U.S. Pacific Islander Population, Census 2000 and Census 2010.
- ^ Micronesians Abroad. Posted by Francis X. Hezel, SJ and Eugenia Samuel. 2006. Retrieved in Juny 24, 2013, to 23:45pm.