Hmong

June 3, 2008—I got the opportunity to attend the presumptive Democratic Nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s victory speech at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. MORE »

According to an article published by World Language magazine, a Chinese state media reported that “China’s fourth-largest ethnic minority, the Miao (known as the Hmong in the rest of Southeast Asia), people with thousands of years of history, are in danger of losing their language.” MORE »

April 13, 2008—The Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia University-St. Paul hosted its Second International Conference that draws scholars from different corners of the globe. MORE »

Describing their visit to the gravesite at the Wat Thamkrabok in Thailand, Michael Yang’s eyes open wide. “All day long, it had been a sunny day with no cloud in sight,” Yang recalls while excitedly raising his arms above his head. “Suddenly, after visiting the site where the graves had been dug up, the sky opened up and we were hit with typhoon like rain. In my mind, and consulting with the elders, that was a clear sign that the spirits were with us on our journey.” MORE »