when did the hmong people flee laos
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Hmong families, once fleeing violence in Laos, now living the American Dream The Thai government began forced repatriation of Hmong refugees to Laos in 2009, ignoring the complaints from the United States, the United Nations and human rights groups.
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learn hmong language learn how to speak Hmong it is a language from Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. STUDY. PLAY. Hello! there! this is what Hmong came from and about! Enjoy!! The Hmong (RPA: Hmoob/Moob, IPA: [m̥ɔ̃ŋ]) are an Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity (苗族) in southern China.
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Hmong Americans Today, according to the 2010 US Census, 260,073 people of Hmong descent reside in the United States up from 186,310 in 2000. The vast majority of the growth since 2000 was from natural increase, except for the admission of a final group of over 15,000 refugees in 2004 and 2005 from Wat Tham Krabok in Thailand.
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- In 1990 the majority of Hmong Americans lived in California (43,000), Minnesota (more than 17,000), and Wisconsin (16,000). By the summer of 1999, the number of Hmong in Minnesota had reached an estimated 70,000.
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In Terrifying Color: Vietnamese Buddhist Monkâs 1963 Self-Immolation In June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thich Thích?qu ??ng c burned himself to death at a busy intersection In. saigon
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- In the late 1980s many Hmong people came to the United States after being sponsored by the Lutheran church. The majority relocated to St. Paul, Minnesota and Fresno, California. There is also heavy Hmong populations in Wisconsin and some in Pennsylvania. Although there is not a single government out there that will acknowledge it, there are still many Hmong people in Laos who are being persecuted.
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Communism in Laos: Poverty and a Thriving Elite Communism in Laos: Poverty and a Thriving Elite. By HENRY KAMM. Published: July 30, 1995. VIENTIANE, Laos, July 25— As Laos, a vital but virtually forgotten battleground of the Vietnam War, prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Communist people's democracy, it remains a place of harsh inequalities.
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- Norma picked it up, unlocked the door, and went into the apartment. It. was just getting dark. After she put the lamb chops in the broiler, she sat down to open the. package. Inside the carton was a push-button unit fastened to a small wooden. box. A glass dome covered the button. Norma tried to lift it off, but it was. locked in place. She turned the unit over and saw a folded piece of paper.
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Hmong in Minnesota Hmong are organized into 18 clans determined by ancestral lineage. Each person has a last name that represents the clan to which they belong. When a woman marries, she keeps her maiden name.
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Laos country profile Laos country profile. Read more about sharing. Landlocked Laos is one of the world's few remaining communist states and one of East Asia's poorest. A French colony until the 1953, the power struggle which ensued between royalists and the communist group Pathet Lao also saw the country caught up in the Vietnam War. Communist forces overthrew the monarchy in 1975, heralding years of isolation.
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Hmong Hmong, ethnic group living chiefly in China and Southeast Asia and speaking Hmong, one of the Hmong-Mien languages (also known as Miao-Yao languages). Since the late 18th century, the Hmong alone among the Miao groups have slowly migrated out of the southern provinces of China, where about 2.7 million still remain. See also China: People.
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- 2004 - Another larger group of Hmong people arrives in the United States. There is a steady flow every year in the area of 1000-5000 immigrants. TODAY - Many Hmong people have found their way back to Thai refugee camps as the Royal Lao Government continues to harass the Hmong Culture.
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Where do Hmong people originally come from? Even the Hmong people do not entirely know. We younger generations know that the majority our parents come from Thailand and perhaps their parents come from Laos.
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Hmong Note: Members of Hmong ethnic groups live in Laos, southwestern China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma. The Hmong in the U.S. come mainly from Laos. Major Religions: Animism and ancestor worship form the traditional Hmong religion. Up to 50% of Hmong in the U.S. are now Christian.
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Hmong Most of the Hmong in the United States come from Xieng Khouang, Houa Phan, Luang Phrabang, and Sayaboury provinces in northern Laos. Climate of Laos: Tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April). Source: CIA World Factbook 2010 and American Community Survey 2009.
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Hmong Cultural Profile Hmong is a member of the Miao-Yao (Hmong-Mien) language family, considered unrelated to other languages. Hmong-Mien has been at times included as a branch of Chinese-Tibetan or Austro-Tai families, though increasingly is thought by scholars to have developed independently.
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Dien Bien Phu & the Fall of French Indochina, 1954 Dien Bien Phu fell in May, and the French retreated from Vietnam. In the wake of the French defeat, the French and Vietnamese, along with representatives from the United States and China, met in Geneva in mid-1954 to discuss the future of Indochina. They reached two agreements.
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Hmong Ethnic Groups: Hmong include two major groups, White Hmong (Hmong Der) and Blue Hmong (Hmong Leng), several subgroups including Striped Hmong, and about 19 clans. Ethnic groups in Laos include: Lao 55%, Khmou 11%, Hmong 8%, other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26% (2005 census).
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America`s Vietnam War in Indochina In January 1973, an agreement was reached; U.S. forces were withdrawn from Vietnam, and U.S. prisoners of war were released. In April 1975, South Vietnam surrendered to the North, and Vietnam was reunited.
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- Laos is one of the poorest and least visited countries in the world. The Lao people are known for their gentle polite nature and for their charming hospitality. The capital Vientiane, is one of Asia's biggest villages, sitting on the banks of the Mekong river.
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- 1979: Vietnam forces Khmer Rouge retreat Hundreds of Khmer Rouge troops have fled Cambodia after being crushed by Vietnamese-led rebel forces. 1979: Vietnam forces Khmer Rouge retreat. The capital, Phnom Penh, has been seized and Pol Pot and many of his soldiers forced to retreat into the countryside. It signals the end of nearly four years of brutal domination by the guerrillas.
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- Starting in mid-1600s the Chinese began limiting the freedom of the Hmong people. During the early 1800s the Hmong unified in rebellion against the Chinese and afterwards many Hmong families migrated out of China into the mountainous regions of Thailand, Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.
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The Tragedy of the Hmong The Hmong people are in the U.S. as victims of US policies in the Vietnam War and then victims of persecution by Laos after the war. There are others who supported the U.S. but are still in Asia, facing persecution for their support of America.
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Facts about Laos After centuries of gradual decline, Laos came under the domination of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao took control of the government ending a six-century-old monarchy and instituting a strict socialist regime closely aligned to Vietnam.