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Pao Lor’s ‘Modern Jungles’ explores his childhood journey from Laos to Green Bay
If they will be proud of him, if they might disavow him. For an accomplished educator and author of the new memoir “Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee’s Childhood Story of Survival,” those seem to be … Read Full Article
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Frontier Livelihoods: Hmong in the Sino-Vietnamese Borderlands
In this book, we offer an examination of the predicaments, choices, and fates of members of one such minority group, known by its most common ethnonym, the Hmong.¹ There are approximately four million … Read Full Article
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Ethnic Origins: The Adaptation of Cambodian and Hmong Refugees in Four American Cities
Milton Osborne (1988, 22)… Only 350 miles separate Angkor Wat from the Plain of Jars, the area of Laos where the Hmong once claimed autonomy (see figure 3.1). Yet the Hmong and the Khmer have … Read Full Article
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Yang Council, local entities hosting vaccine clinics at Omni Center
Local entities are hosting three community COVID-19 vaccination clinics starting Saturday at the Onalaska Omni Center. Read Full Article
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After 33 years, Winona’s Yong Nhia Lor works toward citizenship
Yong Nhia Lor, left, stands with his wife, Judy Xiong, on their back deck in Winona, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Lor, a refugee from Laos who has lived in the United States since 1988, plans to apply … Read Full Article
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Cultural Conversations: Former D.C. Everest School District principal visits Laos annually to learn Hmong culture
Former principal for Weston Elementary School, Jim Harris, visits Laos annually to teach himself and central Wisconsin about Hmong culture and heritage. Read Full Article
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