This study aimed to investigate factors resulting in migration andconditions of being of the Suai people at Ban Phon Thong, Tambon Dan,Amphoe Kap Choeng, Surin during 1963-1994. The researcher principallyinvestigated field data. Informants were divided into two groups: 13village key informants and 196 household heads, by the use of interviews,observations, and a researcher-constructed instrument. Data were analyzedaccording to the study issues, and the study results were then presented ina descriptive analysis form. The study results were as follows: 1. The migration during 1963-1978 was caused by economic drivingfactors, i.e. limited land for making livings, living-making faceddifficulties, poor family status resulting in earning low incomes, and noland of their own for making livings. Whereas, the factors caused the Suaipeople to migrate to Ban Phon Thong were natural attracting factors becauseit was the source that had natural resources of rich soils and plentifulwater adequate for holding agricultural careers. The conditions of being of the Suai people were in a simple formrelying on the nature. The principal career was rice farming and thesupplementary career was raising mulberries and silk. Traditions andrituals in the way of life includes traditions of birth, ordination,wedding, and death. The Suai people of this group migrated from AmphoeSangkha, Amphoe Si Khoraphum, and Amphoe Samrong Thap in Surin. 2. The migration during 1979-1981 was the one to return to their olddomicile due to social driving factors, i.e. escapes from communistterrorists and when the situation was peaceful, the Suai people of thisgroup returned to Ban Phon Thong once again. 3. The migration during 1982-1994 was the migration of the Suaipeople who used to migrate to Ban Phon Thong during the first periodand of the group that migrated to their new settlement with the economicdriving factor, i.e. poor family status resulting from receiving not fullagricultural products. Whereas, natural attracting factors resulted fromBan Phon Thong area having fertile soils and plentiful water, and also theold group of the Suai people had had their own homes and land at Ban PhonThong before. For the conditions of being of the Suai people, they lived theirsimple lives, relied on the nature. Their principal career was rice farmingand supplementary careers were raising mulberries and silk and growingjute. For dwelling construction, dwellings were constructed along thecommunication roads. The family system was the monofamily. The village wasdivided for ruling into the ~bkhum~b (zone) system, and each ~bkhum~b was a groupof the same ancester.