WAUSAU - Hmong Americans make up nearly 1 percent of Wisconsin's population and lawmakers are once again considering the question: Should a history of the Hmong be required in the state's public ...
This is the second installment in a three-part series called “50 Years in the Valley: The Hmong Journey from War to Home,” ...
GREEN BAY - The article “Should Hmong history lesson be required?” discussed a bill requiring educating public students of the role Hmong people played fighting with the U.S. during the Vietnam War, ...
Fifteen Hmong Educators earned their Minnesota K-12 World Languages & Cultures teaching license with an emphasis on Hmong language and culture from Concordia College in Moorhead. CATHY WURZER: You ...
When Yusuf Ali hosted a dinner to launch a new Somali community nonprofit, he brought in a Hmong attorney as the keynote speaker. When Ehtaw Dwee needed advice on keeping his kids connected to their ...
“Hmong is a stateless nation,” said Bee Vang-Moua, director of the Hmong program at the University of Minnesota’s Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Department. “There’s no Hmong land. We have a ...
The only thing constant is change. And Bo Thao-Urabe knows how to navigate. She came to the U.S. as a refugee child with her family in 1979 after the Vietnam War and Secret War in Laos. “I was plopped ...
When Bouasvanh Lor would come home to Merced from college at CSU Stanislaus, her parents would pretend they forgot English to force her to practice Hmong, the family’s mother tongue. Back then, she ...
When Chef Yia Vang feeds you, he is telling you his family’s story. Every meal he makes is a tribute to his Hmong roots, his parents, and the things they taught their seven children. Drawing on ...
From the Hmong, these groups are learning how to avoid clashes between tradition and the law, navigate changing gender roles and start successful businesses. In recent years, more Hmong nonprofits and ...