Tibetan Americans
Tibetan Americans are Americans of Tibetan ancestry. As of 2020, more than 26,700 Americans are estimated to have Tibetan ancestry.[1] The majority of Tibetan Americans reside in Queens, New York.[4]
1952 's elder brother, Taktser Rinpoche and his friend Dhondup Gyaltsen immigrate to the United States.
14th Dalai Lama
1955 Ngawang Wangyal arrives in the U.S. He serves as religious leader and spiritual teacher of a Kalmyk Mongolian community in New Jersey and teaches at Columbia University.
Geshe
1957–71 Tibetan guerrilla fighters are trained by the CIA and launch numerous incursions into Tibet.
1958 The first monastery in North America, Labsum Shedrup Ling, is established in New Jersey under the spiritual guidance of Geshe Wangyal.[7]
Tibetan Buddhist
1960 The establishes eight centers for Tibetan studies in the U.S., which invite 17 Tibetan lamas.[8]
Rockefeller Foundation
1964 Six Tibetans, four from and two from the U.S., enroll in a year-long special intensive program at Cornell University to study public administration and economics.
India
1967–69 Six Tibetans immigrate to the U.S. to work as for the Great Northern Paper Company in Portage Lake, Maine. The following year, 21 others joined them.
lumberjacks
1971 The CIA cancels its covert operations supporting following President Richard Nixon's trip to China and a new era of improved U.S.–Sino relations.
Tibetan guerillas
1986 There are 256 Tibetans living in the U.S. according to a population survey conducted by the Office of Tibet, New York.
1988 begins administering yearly Fulbright Program scholarship grants to bring Tibetans students and professionals to the U.S. for higher education.
Tibet Fund
1989 The (TUSRP) is established to support the resettlement of 1,000 Tibetans. Edward Bednar is appointed director.
Tibetan United States Resettlement Project
April 1989 ICT president , the Dalai Lama's Representative Rinchen Dharlo and Edward Bednar meet with pro-Tibet organizations, resettlement agencies, congressional staff, immigration law advisors, etc. to begin 18 months of advocacy for TUSRP.
Tenzin Tethong
1991 As part of Fulbright scholarships administered by , Berea College in Berea, Kentucky enrolls the first batch of two students with two succeeding each following year to study in 4 year undergraduate programs. The program still continues with over 20 graduates, who have mostly resettled in America.
Tibet Fund
1992 The first group of the 1,000 Tibetans arrives in the U.S. under the TUSRP and settles in six cluster sites throughout the U.S.
1993 In little more than a year since the first group of Tibetans arrived in 1992, 21 cluster sites open in 18 different states across the United States.
1993–2002 Through family reunification, more Tibetans arrive to join the original 1,000. By 2002 there are approximately 8,650 Tibetans and 30 Tibetan community associations in the United States.
Buddhist meditation master
Chögyam Trungpa
Buddhist priest and scholar
Ngawang Wangyal
folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Kesang Marstrand
former representative of the 14th Dalai Lama to the Americas and president of the Tibet Fund