Mongolian American

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Mongolian Americans are Americans of Mongolian descent. Since the 1950s, there has been an increase in Mongolian immigration to the United States. Large communities have sprouted in New Jersey, Illinois, Colorado, Virginia and Southern California.

Contents 1 Notables 2 Mongol-American Cultural Association 3 See also 4 External links and references

[edit] Notables

• List of Mongolian Americans

[edit] Mongol-American Cultural Association

The Mongol-American Cultural Association (MACA) was created to preserve and promote Mongol culture in the United States. MACA understands the term Mongol in a completely inclusive sense, encompassing the people and cultures of all regions of the world where Mongol groups have traditionally lived, so besides the country of Mongolia, it includes the people and cultures of Kalmykia, Buryatia, Tuva and the Mongol regions of China. MACA was founded in 1987 by the late Professor Gombojab Hangin, Indiana University, and His Reverence Tsorj Lama, former Abbot of the famous Qorgho Monastery in Western Sunid, Southern Mongolia. Since the passing of Professor Hangin in 1989 and Tsorj Lama in 1991, their students have carried on the work they started, with board members Tsagaan Baatar, Chinggeltu Borjiged, Enghe Chimood, Tony Ettinger, Palgi Gyamcho and Sanj Altan. MACA was formally incorporated as a 501C3 non-profit organization in 1992.

MACA has also pursued a humanitarian program. In 1994, MACA sent $10,000 worth of insulin to Mongolia. MACA was an early supporter of the Peace Corps programs in Mongolia with their English language instructional materials needs. In 1995, MACA established the Mongolian-Childrens Aid and Development Fund (MCADF) which functioned as the fund raising and executive arm of the various humanitarian initiatives aimed at providing aid to Mongolian children. Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III serves as honorary chairman of the advisory board to the MCADF. The MCADF has provided nutritional aid and clothing to orphanages and provided small stipends to deserving orphans. Since 2004, the MCADF has entered into a sponsorship of the Night Clinic operated by the Christina Noble Foundation, which provides medical services to the street children of Ulaanbaatar. MACA is a prime sponsor of the Injannashi Fund, which provides small educational grants to deserving students in Sourthern Mongolia. MACA also provides small grants from time to time to cultural and educational institutions to support cultural events related to the Mongolias.

MACA holds a Chinggis Qan ceremony annually, a continuation of the cult of Chinggis Qan, held in the Ezen Qoroo region of Ordos. This ritual was started in the United States by teachers Gombojab Hangin and C'orj'i Lama in 1988 and is held annually in late fall. In 1999, to mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of Professor Gombojab Hangin, a Chinggis Qan Symposium was held in his memory, which resulted in the publication of the proceedings with articles from scholars from Mongolia, Southern Mongolia, Buryatia and Kalmykia.

MACA welcomes as members all individuals who share a common belief in the importance of preserving Mongol culture in the United States.

[edit] See also

• Asian American

• Kalmyk American

[edit] External links and references

• Official MACA site: [1]

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