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ceremony at stupa
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line of dancers
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Pelkyi dances in line of women
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Dalai Lama walks past w/GS
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TIBETANS GATHER HERE ON SPECIAL DAYS . . . TO PRAY AND TO CELEBRATE.

THE DEER PARK BUDDHIST CENTER WELCOMES TIBETAN EXILES WHO WANT TO KEEP THEIR RELIGION AND CULTURE ALIVE. 

TENZIN PELKYI HAS COME TO DEER PARK TO BE WITH OTHER TIBETANS ON THIS HOLIDAY.  IT'S THE 6TH OF JULY, THE BIRTHDAY OF THEIR SPIRITUAL LEADER, HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA. 

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Tape # 28                                  RT - 00:09
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"PELKYI
This is like same as the monasteries, the temples in India so I think this is a great replica of the life that we used to have." »

« Tenzin Pelkyi
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"It's a very like community feeling." »
 
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Pelkyi at home
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PHOTO: Dharamsala
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LIKE MANY REFUGEES, PELKYI HAS FELT THE PAIN OF BEING SEPARATED FROM LOVED ONES. 

SHE WAS BORN IN A REMOTE TIBETAN REFUGEE SETLEMENT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN INDIA. 

« Tenzin Pelkyi       SYNC
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"It felt very small you knew everybody and if there was like one new person in the town everybody would know.
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PHOTO Family photo 3 = 2 girls in house
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MiniDV: costumed dancers in Dharamsala
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SHE REMEMBERS HOW GOOD IT FELT TO LIVE IN PLACE WHERE SHE WAS SURROUNDED BY OTHER TIBETANS.

«  Tenzin Pelkyi 
Tape #  35                                  RT - 00:20
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"In Dharamsala it's a center for like Tibetan government in exile.  We have all the offices there and I think that kind of the place is very nationalistic.  Everybody is like so proud (thumps chest) Yah I'm Tibetan!
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PHOTO: Statue of Liberty
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GFX: Public Law
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PHOTO: Family photo 1 = entire family
PHOTO: Family photo parents = mom and dad
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BUT MANY TIBETANS IN THE REFUGEE SETTLEMENT SAW AMERICA AS A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.  

WHEN THE UNITED STATES OPENED ITS BORDERS TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF REFUGEES IN 1992, TIBETAN FAMILIES IN INDIA WERE FACED WITH A TOUGH CHOICE.
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Pelkyi and Mom look at photos
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«  Tenzin Pelkyi   SYNC AT HEAD
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"So when that news came to India there was a question like who will go?   . . . so everybody thought, all right, we'll pick one name from each family  . . .  And there'll be no hard feelings so my mom was one of the thousand people who got selected.
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PHOTO: Family photo 6 = 3 kids
PHOTO: Family photo 2 = youngest girl
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PELKYI’S MOTHER LEFT BEHIND A HUSBAND AND FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN.

«  Tenzin Pelkyi 
Tape #  34                                  RT - 00:10
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"My mom left for US when I was 7 and at that time our youngest was like 2 and 3 years old.
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PHOTO: Family photo 1 = entire family
zoom to Dad
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Tibetan flag waving from imported DVD Visually & Respectfully Yours
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THROUGH TIME PELKYI DEVELOPED A DEEP DEVOTION TO HER FATHER --  A MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM TIBET TO INDIA AFTER FIGHTING IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY. 

«  Tenzin Pelkyi 
Tape #  34                                  RT - 00:06
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"He talked about Tibet a lot and that kind of kept Tibet alive in our family.
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PHOTO: Tibet mountains
PHOTO: Tibet wide temple valley
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«  Tenzin Pelkyi 
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"He always wanted to go back but he never got to so I always, it was also like one of my dreams to be able to go back with him.
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Pelkyi pours ceremonial water
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Pelkyi's brother in shot too 
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IN THE YEAR 2000 PELKI’S FATHER MADE THE HEART-BREAKING SACRIFICE TO SEND HIS CHILDREN TO JOIN THEIR MOTHER IN AMERICA.   HE CHOSE TO STAY BEHIND.  PELKYI WAS 16 YEARS OLD. 

«  Tenzin Pelkyi  SYNC
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"My Dad he wanted all of us to be here because we would have a better future than we would have in India.
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Pelkyi assists elderly woman
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Pelkyi walks toward building/backpack
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WHAT PELKYI SAW IN HER FUTURE WAS GETTING A GOOD EDUCATION.  

AFTER COMPLETING HER SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL IN MADISON SHE BEGAN WORKING DURING THE SUMMER AT AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.  

SHE'S ALSO STUDYING FOR A DEGREE IN NURSING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN IN MILWAUKEE. 

HER FATHER PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO BUT SHE HASN’T GIVEN UP ENTIRELY ON THEIR SHARED DREAM. 
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same family photo on tape
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PHOTO: Tibet famly = mom with 5 kids
PHOTO: Tibet kids = 4 kids
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«  Tenzin Pelkyi 
Tape #  35                                  RT - 00:13
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"I hope that someday I'll be able to work with the Tibetans especially Tibetans in Tibet who are in DIRE need of good health care and good education.
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Pelkyi helps on buddha day
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Pelkyi helping
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UNTIL THEN PELKYI GIVES TIME TO THE TIBETAN COMMUNITY HERE AT HOME AS A VOLUNTEER AT THE NEW DEER PARK TEMPLE.

HER DEDICATION TO HELPING OTHERS STEMS FROM HER UPBRINGING IN INDIA WHERE THE BUDDHIST RELIGION PERMEATES EVERYDAY LIFE. 

«  Tenzin Pelkyi 
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"You have to always think about the community you know.  It's always about the larger whole other than your individual. 
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SHE SAYS HELPING AT DEER PARK HELPS HER FEEL CONNECTED TO HER CULTURE AND HER PAST. 
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Pelkyi walks past stupa
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«  Tenzin Pelkyi 
Tape #  35                                  RT - 00:03
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"It gives me a sense of belonging.

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