Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

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33	30		1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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35	32		HOUSE CONCURRENT
36	33		RESOLUTION 1012 By: Munson
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43	40		AS INTRODUCED
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45	42		A Concurrent Resolution recognizing May as
46	43		Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month; recognizing
47	44		the Asian American and Pa cific Islander community in
48	45		Oklahoma; and celebrating the contributions of Asian
49	46		Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of
50	47		Oklahoma and the United States.
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55	52		WHEREAS, May is recognized by the United States Congress as
56	53		Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, honoring the contributions
57	54		and paying tribute to generations of Asian American s and Pacific
58	55		Islanders (AAPI) who have made our state and nation their home; and
59	56		WHEREAS, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated in
60	57		May to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the
61	58		United States in May of 1843; and
62	59		WHEREAS, May also marks the anniversary of the completion of the
63	60		transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of those
64	61		who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrant s; and
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92	88		WHEREAS, the Chinese were the first Asian group to settle in
93	89		Oklahoma, living in the Gut hrie Territory after the Land Run of
94	90		1889; and
95	91		WHEREAS, the Japanese population quickly grew in Oklahoma in the
96	92		1920s and 1940s, and during World War II, several fought for the
97	93		United States including four sons of Kutaro Nishimuta, a farmer in
98	94		Payne County. His sons served in the U.S. Army 442nd Regimental
99	95		Unit, an all-Japanese outfit and one of the most decorated units in
100	96		the war; and
101	97		WHEREAS, nearly three perce nt of all Oklahomans identify as
102	98		Asian American or Pacific Islander, citing origins in Cambodia ,
103	99		China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine
104	100		Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific
105	101		Islands; and
106	102		WHEREAS, Oklahoma City is home to "Little Saigon", the Asian
107	103		District made up of the state 's largest population of Asian
108	104		descendants, predominately Vietnamese. Visitors flock to the
109	105		district each year to experience the international cuisine, culture,
110	106		and shopping; and
111	107		WHEREAS, Asian American and Pacific Islander citizens have made
112	108		a tremendous impact on our state a nd nation, serving in vital roles
113	109		as state and national leaders, starting businesses, making
114	110		breakthroughs in science and technology, serving in our military,
115	111		excelling in sports, arts, education, and more.
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143	138		NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
144	139		OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 60TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE SENATE
145	140		CONCURRING THEREIN:
146	141		THAT the month of May is recognized by the Oklahoma State
147	142		Legislature as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
148	143		THAT the Oklahoma Legislature recognizes the c ontributions of
149	144		Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of Oklahoma and
150	145		the United States.
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