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State owes Siskiyou sheriff an apology
What happened in Siskiyou County last June after the local elections official raised questions about the voter eligibility of hundreds of Hmong residents would “take a few beers” to explain, as a Secretary of State investigator told an associate in an …
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Nathan: Wonderful book by Kao Kalia Yang about her father
As with previous generations of immigrants, there is so much to learn from and honor about what Hmong in general, and this family in particular, have experienced and bring to Minnesota. This is Yang’s second book. Her first book, “The Latehomecomer …
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Election: Oroville City Council candidate Sou Vang
In Washington, D.C., he lobbied for the Hmong community and in Lodi he worked as an engineer. In 2002, he moved to Oroville to attend Chico State University. Vang is running for City Council after the encouragement of friends. He would like to have a Hmong …
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Bounce Scholar of the Week: Alana Moua
She engages in local, school and community efforts to expand her learning experience. Alana is very interested in learning and sharing information about her Hmong heritage. Last year she was the project lead for West Charlotte High School’s International …
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Catholic openness to Hmong tradition keeps N.C. community together
Fr. Ken Whittington has been pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Morganton, N.C., for more than 25 years, well beyond the usual tenure for a pastor in the Charlotte diocese. He attributes that longevity to his ability to celebrate Mass in Hmong, a …
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Survey Finds Racial Discrimination a Major Concern of Asian American Pacific Islanders Voters
The poll surveyed by telephone 274 Asian Indians, 59 Cambodians, 281 Chinese, 201 Filipinos, 151 Hmong, 286 Koreans, 147 Japanese, 295 Vietnamese and 291 Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Interviews were conducted in English, Mandarin, Cantonese …
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Playwright and cancer fighter is hoping for a knockout
In the production, directed by Zaraawar Mistry at Dreamland Arts in St Paul, Ka Vang “punches and kicks her way through cancer while living with her family, planning a Hmong wedding, and dreaming of eating ramen noodles again,” according to the show …
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Author details family’s harrowing path from war to peace in Minnesota
She was looking for a book about her people, the Hmong, but the librarian explained they only had books on the Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese. “One day day some Hmong girl will find a book about her people on the bookshelves,” Yang said under her breath.
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UK honorary consul visits Hmong girls mistakenly accused as thieves
Tags Chiang MaiCHIANG MAI, 13 October 2016 (NNT) – A honorary consul of the United Kingdom in Chiang Mai province visited a couple of Hmong girls and offered to provide aid for them. Ben Robert Savadivat, the U.K. honorary consul attached to Chiang Mai and chairman of …
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Report: Man charged in triple homicide competent for proceedings
Dan Popp was charged in March with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the fatal shootings of Phia and Mai Vue, a Hmong couple, and their neighbor, Jesus Manso-Perez. Popp also faces one count of first-degree attempted homicide for …
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Rising to the challenge: World Food Day video prizes awarded
For her research, Vang worked closely with a Hmong community in Minnesota — the largest in the country — and hopes to introduce this new approach to nutrition security to Sacramento’s low-income areas as well. Vang’s research goals have been shaped …
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Report: Man charged in triple homicide competent
Dan Popp was charged in March with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the fatal shootings of Phia and Mai Vue, a Hmong couple, and their neighbor, Jesus Manso-Perez. Popp also faces one count of first-degree attempted homicide for …
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11 of the best paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free today
Tags EnglishArabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong Daw, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Swahili …
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UGA Has Its Very Own Taco Truck
Tags deliIt takes Paw Points and Bulldog Bucks as well as credit cards and cash. HIDDEN DELIGHTS: Winder isn’t exactly known as a gourmet destination, but it does have a notable Hmong population, a fact you might recall if you wander into Pho & Deli (53 Monroe Hwy.,
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Asian-Americans Continue To Drift Away From The GOP, But It’s A Complicated Story
This is in stark contrast to Hmong-American respondents, 74 percent of whom supported accepting refugees. Vo said many of the Vietnamese-Americans she spoke with who aren’t welcoming of refugees tend to agree with the view that Syrian refugees are …
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Face of Defense: Airman Recalls His Journey to Freedom
He lived there until he was two years old, when he immigrated to the U.S. “My people, the Hmong, were recruited by the CIA to be part of a secret war,” he said. “After the Vietnam War ended, the Pathet Lao [communists] began persecuting the Hmong people.
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Narcotics Suppression Police Sting Opperation Nets Golden Triangle Drug Lord
Pol Maj-Gen Sommai said that it was very difficult for police to approach Laota because he was always surrounded by many Hmong tribesmen until Wednesday when police managed to nab him. He said if Laota is allowed to go on with his illicit drug business …