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A Hmong theologian, Rev. Dr. Paul Joseph T. Khamdy Yang has proposed the use of the term "HMong" in reference to the Hmong and the Mong communities by capitalizing the H and the M. The ethnologist Jacques Lemoine has also begun to use the term (H)mong in reference to the entirety of the Hmong and Mong communities.
In 1983, Thailand closed Ban Vinai to new arrivals, although several thousand Hmong were able to slip into the camp during the next several years. In 1985, the Thai began to "push back" Hmong and other Lao attempting to cross the border into Thailand and began forcible repatriation of Hmong from Ban Vinai to Laos. [4]
The clan (xeem; 姓) has been a dominant organizing force in Hmong society. [4] There are about eighteen Hmong clans that are known in Laos and Thailand. [5] Clan membership is inherited upon birth or occasionally through adoption.
In Laos and Thailand, Hmong people take a break from working for 30 days for the new year. In the United States, most Hmong people cannot take a whole month off for the holiday, so areas with ...
Since 2010 Lee has been a researcher for Hmong Studies Consortium, a collaboration to study Hmong culture between University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, and Chiang Mai University in Thailand. [4] [1] Lee's teaching and research focus on Hmong in Asia and Hmong Americans through a global and postcolonial lens ...
Nong Khai Refugee Camp was built after the influx of Laotian refugees (Khmu, Lao, and Hmong) escaped into the Kingdom of Thailand after the fall of the Kingdom of Laos (or Laos). Since the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pulled out of Laos on May 14, 1975 after the fall of Long Tieng (also spelled Long Chieng, Long Cheng, or Long Chen).
In an October 1995 National Review article, citing the Hmong's contributions to US war efforts during the Vietnam War, Johns described Clinton's support for returning the Thai-based Hmong refugees to Laos as a "betrayal" and urged Congressional Republicans to step up opposition to the repatriation. [13]
A Hmong woman and Han Chinese man married and founded northern Thailand's Lau2, or Lauj, clan, [44], with another Han Chinese man of the family name Deng founding another Hmong clan. Some scholars believe this lends further credence to the idea that some or all of the present day Hmong clans were formed in this way.