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An $11,000 handbag, Hmong classes and bullet trains – your Morning Scoop
Good morning. It’s Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, and I’m here with your helping of the Morning Scoop. (Subscribe here to get the Scoop in your inbox because you don’t believe Columbus discovered anything, either.)
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Medicare signups: How to prepare for 2017 changes and avoid scams
California’s Senior Medicare Patrol website, sponsored by California Health Advocates, offers tips in Spanish, Hmong and other languages on how to avoid being conned into the wrong Medicare plan. Or call Senior Medicare Patrol at 855-613-7080.
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AAPI Democracy Summit draws over 2,000
Tia Moua, a sophomore in high school and representing the Spokane Hmong Association, took the stage to encourage AAPI youth to get involved whiled adorned in traditional colorful Hmong dress that received admiration from attendees. Moua is a first …
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Trump or Hillary: How Indian-Americans plan to vote in the US election
Response to another question showed that 71% of Indian-American voters were registered as Democrats – the second-highest after Hmong ( a southeast Asian group) and only 13% were enrolled as Republicans.
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Asian American Model Minority Myth Remains Mythical
As one group of Asians who don’t go to college in large numbers, the Hmong help illustrate the complex changing demographics of students arriving at American universities and colleges: increasingly nonwhite, low-income, and first-generation. Among the …
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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. Photo by Shee Yang Kao Kalia Yang
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Thousands celebrate Hmong new year in Oroville
Oroville >> For thousands of people, this weekend marked the beginning of a new year. More than 6,000 people celebrated the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the new year at the Oroville Hmong New Year Festival on Saturday and Sunday.
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Art Walk exhibit’s award winning collection
The award-winning exhibit, Storytelling: Hmong American Voices was one of the many featured at NIU’s 2016 Art Walk on Thursday. It is about refugees that entered the U.S. in the ’70s and how they adjusted to Hmong American life. It won the superior …
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State office admits asking sheriff for help in voter investigation
The California Secretary of State’s Office acknowledged for the first time Friday that it asked Siskiyou County law enforcement to accompany investigators looking into alleged voter-fraud — an investigation that led to a federal lawsuit from Hmong …
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AAPI survey: Filipinos comprise the highest support for Trump
The data analyzed came from the following ethnic groups: Asian Indian (274), Chinese (281), Filipino (201), Korean (286), Japanese (147) and Vietnamese (295), Hmong (151), Cambodian (59) and NHPIs (291). The interviews were conducted in English along with …
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Treetop honeymoon
A great cause aside, the wood-fired pizzas, organic Hmong food and barbecued Mekong fish won’t disappoint. Riverside Restaurant, houayxairiverside.com/RESTAURANT.html Attached to the eponymous Riverside Hotel, this alfresco restaurant offers sweeping …
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First St. Paul Tuj Lub courts open on East Side
Tuj Lub (pronounced “too loo”) is a traditional Hmong sport that Laotian immigrants brought with them to Minnesota. Despite having the largest Hmong population in the U.S., for years there were no official Tuj Lub courts in Minnesota. Now that’s changed.
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Religion notes for Oct. 8: News, events from Valley’s faith community
Acequia Ave. The event includes workshops in Spanish, English, Vietnamese, Korean and Hmong, and a special “young adult track” for those between the ages of 18 and 29. Keynote speakers are Deacon Alex Jones presenting in English, and Jose Antonio …
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Governor offers support to wronged Hmong sisters
CHIANG MAI: Chiang Mai authorities yesterday offered moral and financial support to a hill tribe couple whose daughters were wrongfully accused by the international media of stealing a wristwatch from a foreign visitor at a tourist attraction. Chiang Mai …
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Book describes father’s life as Hmong immigrant
I wish every daughter adored and admired her father as much as Minnesota author Kao Kalia Yang. Her new book, “The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father,” is, in brief, one of the most moving, disturbing and, ultimately, hopeful books I’ve ever read.
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Marathon County hears KKK-reference complaint
And a few County Board leaders are working to heal the divide. Board Chairman Kurt Gibbs will meet with a group of Hmong leaders to talk about rebuilding trust, as requested by board member Yee Leng Xiong. Gibbs acted as a go-between for board member …
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NAAS Survey Reveals Strong Indian American Support for Hillary Clinton, Democrats
All told, the survey analyzed data on registered voters from the Indian, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and NHPI origin groups. Interviews were conducted from Aug. 10 through Sept. 29 on both landlines and cellphones and …
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Santa Cruz’s Shoreline Middle School students surf tech wave with Chromebooks
SANTA CRUZ >> All dressed up for Hawaiian spirit week, eighth-graders at the Shoreline Middle School read intently about Hmong Americans in a language arts class. But these Santa Cruz students are using laptop computers in place of textbooks. Starting this …