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Vietnamese staple Mai Village to close after nearly 25 years in St. Paul
The Hmong American Partnership bought back the Mai Village building and agreed to lease it out to the family restaurant and use the second floor for its programming. Since then, Mai Village has been a participating member of the Green Line Checklist Food …
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Holiday Season Allows Schools To Celebrate Different Student Cultures
Schools often observe of few of the customs. At the Hmong American Peace Academy, the mission is to immerse kids in both their Hmong and American heritages. This time of year, the school celebrates some American traditions with its annual “Fall Family …
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Fresno Unified prepares to teach Syrian refugee students
“It’s not something that is foreign to us so to speak. We were an epicenter with this for our Hmong resettlers awhile back,” said Superintendent Michael Hanson, Fresno Unified School District. Hanson said English is a second language for many students at …
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Farmers Insurance settles race discrimination case involving Asian employees
But a 2009 audit led to interviews of claims representatives over the partial-payment coding. Two Hmong representatives, Chia Xiong and John Yang, were later terminated, the EEOC alleged, while non-Asian employees who had also coded some cases as partial …
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Reader feedback: “Allow the Asian community to have a voice and please don’t be our voice”
Our story Pho by any other name: The fight for the soul of Vietnamese cooking has continued to spark conversation, including this thoughtful letter by Yia Vang, a local Hmong chef who is working towards a restaurant of his own with his pop-ups and …
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Green Bay Water Utility Requests Help Identifying Private Water Service Line Material
To make the requested assistance as easy as possible, Green Bay Water Utility has created brochures in English, Spanish and Hmong with pictorial directions for identifying the Private Water Service Line material; these can be downloaded at gbwater.org.
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Event pays tribute to Hmongs’ role in Vietnam War
There was a lot going on in a place where nobody was supposed to be,” Secord said. The war ultimately devastated the Hmong people, a Lao ethnic group that provided many of the soldiers. Tens of thousands of Hmong and other Lao people died during the …
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Tasty N Alder is a Steakhouse For People Too Fashionable For Steakhouses
Small plates like the “Hmong-style” steak tartare ($14) with jalapeños, quail egg and airy shrimp crackers or the locally famous radicchio salad ($7) with lardons and chopped egg encourage sharing. The cuts of meat, primarily from Oregon farms …
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Diversity Meeting Creates Race Conversation
The Hmong community was particularly affected by the trial and their perceived treatment of the case by police, but Maysee Herr told WAOW Newsline 9 that Wausau can still head in the right direction. “I grew up in this area. I grew up during a time when …
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Harvest on track in Coulee Region; farmers markets ending this week
Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1815 Ward Ave.; Farmington, 5 to 7:30 p.m., town hall parking lot, N8309 Hwy. C. Friday: Cameron Park, 4 p.m. to dusk, King Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue. Saturday: Cameron Park 8 a.m …
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Ahora en Español: Candidates hold first Spanish forum
Although he said having a Spanish- or Hmong-speaking candidate is important for South Merced, it’s all about who cares about the community. “Vote your conscious and be informed on who you’re voting for,” he said. On Nov. 1 there will be an all …
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Phu Thap Boek farmers prefer potatoes to cabbages
While Phetchabun’s deputy governor is opposing the expansion of contract potato farming at Phu Thap Boek mountain, local Hmong people say they prefer the crop to the ubiquitous cabbages that most farmers in the area grow. Jai Sae Thao, a village chief in …
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Singapore Biennale 2016: Mirror Mirror
Two of these works are by Hmong-Laos artists, Phasao Lao and Tcheu Siong. The married couple contribute to each other’s distinct artistic practices. “Siong assists her husband by performing minor tasks in sewing and composition; and Lao, as the village …
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With new leader, Hmong fellowship moves forward
FRESNO, Calif. (BP) — The Hmong Baptist National Association, with Tra Xiong as the group’s new executive director, approved several major steps forward — that included an increased budget and combining next year’s HBNA meetings — during its annual …
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H’mông apple helps minority escape poverty
Tags ethnicYên Bái – Residents of Mù Cang Chải District in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai are enjoying better lives thanks to their special ethnic fruit called Sơn Tra. Sơn Tra or H’mông apple (scientifically named Docynia indica) is an …
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Man Accused of Triple Homicide to Undergo New Mental Health Evaluation
RELATED: Milwaukee Man Charged With Killing Hmong Couple, Puerto Rican Father Ruled Incompetent Although Popp has a history of mental health issues, some supporters of the victims believe that Popp has been faking his mental illness to avoid punishment …
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Vietnam’s stolen girls
The Black Hmong and Red Dzao people who predominate here are no exception; Sapa’s tourism explosion has engendered a new normal of interacting with outsiders, leaving minorities perhaps even more exposed. I caught wind of what was happening in Sapa in late …