Fifty years ago, Hmong people first arrived in Minnesota as refugees from the wars of Southeast Asia. In their Laotian homeland, they were earmarked for destruction for having aided the U.S. side in ...

In 1976, when I was 8 years old, my family and I came to the United States as refugees from Laos. We are Hmong, which is one of the ethnic groups in Laos that acted as allies of the Americans during ...

Pao Houa Her, “Girl with umbrella” (2016), digital Inkjet Archival Print, found image (image courtesy Bockley Gallery and the artist) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — At the age of four, in 1986, Pao Houa Her ...

Over the 50 years since the first Vietnam War-era Southeast Asian refugees arrived in the U.S., there’s been hardship — but there have also been plenty of comedic moments, which is where the St.

SHEBOYGAN – The Hmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan and the JoinUs Hmong Cafe will host a Hmong Day Celebration to honor Hmong heritage and share community. Hmong American Day is observed ...

Health Education Research, Vol. 29, No. 1 (February 2014), pp. 109-121 (13 pages) Perinatal HIV transmission disproportionately affects African American, Latina and potentially Hmong women in the ...