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Heritage Archive: Dominican American Family Stories Pack
Culturally Specific Printable Insert Pages
Your family left the island and built on the other side. Document everything that story contains.
For the Dominican American families navigating the intersections of Caribbean identity, Afro-Latino heritage, the Trujillo dictatorship's long shadow, and the particular experience of building community in New York, New Jersey, and beyond — including first-generation immigrants, their American-born children, and families holding histories they have never fully discussed
The Name It First Experience
Dominican American families carry a history shaped by Taíno roots, African heritage brought through the transatlantic slave trade, Spanish colonial rule, the brutal Trujillo dictatorship that lasted until 1961, and a diaspora that built Washington Heights into one of the most vibrant immigrant communities in America. They also navigate the particular complexity of Afro-Latino identity — the question of race in a country that wants simple categories, and a Dominican racial politics that makes those questions even harder. This pack gives families structured prompts to document what the elders carry: the campo or barrio of origin, the Trujillo years, the immigration story, the Afro-Dominican heritage, and the life built in America. The output is a documented family archive.
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Sample questions
- I want to start with la cocina — the kitchen where the family gathers. Describe the sounds, the smells, what was always being made. What does that kitchen feel like to you now?
- Tell me about the person in your family whose story you most want preserved. What do you want the next generation to know about them?
- What does Dominican American identity mean in your family — the island, the diaspora, the culture that has survived the crossing?
- What do you most want the next generation to know about your family's Dominican heritage and their story in America?
Research basis
Phinney (ethnic identity development) / Berry (acculturation framework) / Itzigsohn (Dominican American transnational identity) / Bailey (Dominican American racial identity) / Vansina (oral tradition as cultural history)
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