emphasize the Hmong people living in Laos since the end of the Vietnam War, but also consider populations living throughout Southeast Asia, including southern China, and those who have migrated to the Americas, Australia, and Europe. Culture and customs of the Hmong This man's shirt is made...
Noun1.Miao- a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States Hmong Asian,Asiatic- a native or inhabitant of Asia 2.Miao- a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong ...
they arrived as refugees of the Vietnam War, allowed into the US because Hmong men had been recruited by the CIA to fight a Secret War (1959 to 1975) in Laos against Communist forces. During that conflict, more than
Congress passes law allowing national cemetery burials for 'secret war' veterans Hmong Musicians Blend Tradition With Modern Styles Herbarium exhibits plant species significant to Hmong people How Hmong Christians navigate China-Vietnam border tensions ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Hmong Daw Wikipedia (dou′)orHmong Der(dûr′) n. 1. a.A member of one of the largest subgroups of the Hmong. Many Hmong Daw of Laos emigrated to the United States after the Vietnam War. b.A person of Hmong Daw ancestry. ...
s Democratic Republic and Viet Nam to stop “ethnic cleansing” of Hmong and Lao people in Laos, more than 300,000 of whom had been killed since the end of the Viet Nam war in 1975 while 100,000 Hmong had been forced to move from their homeland to dry areas without suitable land and...
LOS ANGELES, California, United States (AFP) - Former Laotian Hmong general Vang Pao, who died in the United States Thursday, aged 81, was a controversial figure who led a CIA-backed "secret army'' in the Vietnam war, and never abandoned the dream of leading his people home from exile...
“Old people know the stories, but young people do not,” Lee says of the personal and cultural saga depicted in her work. “When I tell my children the stories of Laos, sometimes I cry.” Advertisement Her tears began in 1970 when her husband, a pilot fighting the North Vietnamese, ...
The word Hmong, which means "man" in the Hmong language, is the name used by the Hmong people themselves. The Hmong are known in China as Miao and in Southeast Asia as Meo. Many Hmong dislike these terms, which they translate to mean "barbarian." During the Vietnam War, some Hmong ...