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Blaze at Thai school for poor hill-tribe girls kills 17
Namae Patikiri, a 57-year-old member of the Hmong hill tribe, lost six grandchildren in the blaze. “Five of them had only moved here a year ago,” she said, crying. “The other one had only been here for two weeks.”
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17 hill-tribe girls charred in dormitory fire in Thailand
Namae Patikiri, a 57-year-old member of the Hmong hill tribe, lost six grandchildren in the blaze. “Five of them had only moved here a year ago,” she said, crying. “The other one had only been here for two weeks.
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Deadly Fire At School For Girls In Thailand Kills At Least 17
Namae Patikiri, a 57-year-old member of the Hmong hill tribe, lost six grandchildren in the blaze. “Five of them had only moved here a year ago,” she said, crying. “The other one had only been here for two weeks.”
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Judge resolves long-standing Hmong New Year dispute
Fresno is home to the nation’s second largest population of Hmong immigrants and their children. Since 1999 the Hmong International New Year Foundation, Inc. has hosted an annual New Year celebration at the Fresno Fairgrounds that has attracted tens of …
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Ex-Montana county youth officer sentenced for sex assault
District Court Judge James Manley said during sentencing that the shame Moua bought to his Hmong community also was punishment. The judge says he worked alongside the Hmong in Vietnam and admired their culture. Prosecutors say Moua repeatedly sexually …
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Judge makes ruling in Hmong New Year hosting controversy
A battle over one of the Central Valley’s most colorful cultural celebrations has been settled after six years of legal haggling. A judge has ruled Hmong International New Year Foundation can continue to host its annual event at the Fresno Fairgrounds.
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Fresno judge dismisses United Hmong Council’s lawsuit
A judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit that was at the center of a four-year battle between rival Hmong organizations in Fresno competing to host the annual Hmong International New Year celebration. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Hamilton ruled to …
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St. Paul photo exhibit documents Hmong farm project
ST. PAUL — A farmer carries his 6-month-old infant on his back while he works. A young woman checks her beehives. Grandparents prepare the harvest for market. These images are part of a photo exhibit at the Minnesota Museum of American Art in downtown St …
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‘Operation Popcorn’ Explores How U.S. Vietnam War Policy Shaped Allies’ Identities
The feature-length documentary, directed by David Grabias, follows businessman-turned-activist Locha Thao as he embarks on a quest to help Hmong communities in Laos, eventually working with an arms dealer and a retired U.S. Army officer to supply weapons …
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War Wounds Resurfaced in ‘Operation Popcorn,’ Documentary on Hmong Arrests
When David Grabias decided to produce “Operation Popcorn,” a documentary about the 2007 arrest of 10 Hmong-American leaders and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel making its national broadcast debut May 17 on the WORLD channel, he assumed it would be a …
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‘Seeds of Change’ photo exhibit documents Hmong farm project
ST. PAUL — A farmer carries his 6-month-old infant on his back while he works. A young woman checks her beehives. Grandparents prepare the harvest for market. These images are part of a photo exhibit at the Minnesota Museum of American Art in downtown St …
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Hmong veterans of CIA’s war in Laos honored at California Capitol
Surviving Hmong veterans of the CIA’s Secret War in Laos will receive medals at 5 p.m. Monday at a ceremony on the west steps of the Capitol. The event is being hosted by Elk Grove Vice Mayor Steve Ly, himself a survivor of the conflict. The former …
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Family fights for information about Hmong man jailed in Laos in 2011
The last time Ka Yang heard from her husband was more than four years ago, when he called her from jail after he was deported from the family’s hideout in Bangkok. Thailand had made a controversial decision in 2009 to stop hosting thousands of …
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Cadott monument is tribute to Hmong soldiers and civilians
– Wa Chong Vang, the son of famous Hmong Gen. Vang Pao, left, and Colonel Ly Teng unveil a monument commemorating and honoring Hmong veterans Saturday at the Wisconsin Veterans Tribute in Cadott. The Wisconsin Lao Veterans of America organized the Legacy …
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RI’s Hmong Community Celebrates 40 Years in the US
Coming up on Saturday at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island’s Hmong community will celebrate 40 years of living in the United States. The event is called “National Recognition Day Commemoration: Celebration of 40 Years of Resettlement …
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Highground, Vets Tribute honor Hmong
WAUSAU – Hmong veterans of Gen. Vang Pao’s army and those who support them will gather in Cadott and Neillsville on Saturday to dedicate two permanent war memorials installed in their honor. May 14 has come to be known as Hmong Lao Appreciation Day …
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Vang Chou, high-ranking Hmong soldier during Vietnam, dies in Merced
He was a lieutenant colonel in Laos before coming to the U.S. He was one of the first six Hmong trained to fly by the U.S. Called a pioneer both in Laos and in the U.S. A high-ranking Hmong soldier who fought with the U.S. in the Vietnam War before helping …
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Hmong, Missoula came to grips with each other in 1st refugee resettlement
They called us “Hmongtana,” at least the Washington Post did. That was in July 1980, at the peak of the first major refugee resettlement in western Montana. The International Rescue Committee had opened an office in Missoula the year before, receiving …