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A People's History of the Hmong (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2010). 327 pages. ISBN 978-0-87351-726-3. [TYPN 1992] The section on nomenclature draws heavily on Thai-Yunnan Project Newsletter, Number 17, June 1992, Department of Anthropology, Australian National University. Material from that newsletter may be freely reproduced with due ...
Histoire des Miao ("History of the Miao") is a 1924 ethnographic book of the Hmong people by François Marie Savina, published by the Société des Missions-Etrangères de Paris. [1] As of 2006, of Savina's writings, it is the most well-known and the most often cited. [2] The book includes Savina's theories and views of the Hmong.
People began to revere Pa Chay as the long-awaited Hmong leader who the elders have been waiting for to usher a period where Hmong would again have a kingdom. Pa Chay used his influence and the reputation of his miraculous powers to convince his followers that he could deliver his people from French domination.
Vương Duy Bảo, a descendent of the Hmong king of Ha Giang and the legal representative of the Vương family, sued the provincial government for lying about his family’s mansion being ...
Furthermore, there are still Hmong people in Laos hiding from the Laotian army. In 2003, two European journalists and a Hmong American interpreter managed to find about 600 Hmong soldiers and their families who were hiding from the Laotian army. The Hmong in hiding believed that the Americans were going to come back for them.
It depends on the Hmong population in cities where people are living. For a small village, it takes 3–5 days. Hmong New Year celebration itself consists to tossing balls, wearing colorful clothing, and singing Hmong traditional poems and songs. Colorful fabrics mean a lot of things in Hmong history and culture.
“If history isn’t documented, then it’s forgotten,” a librarian involved in creating Fresno State’s Hmong history repository said. Hmong culture in 1960s war-torn Laos documented by ...
The French granted the Hmong a special status in 1920, effectively ending the conflict. [1] The stimulus for the rebellion was heavy taxation by the French and abuse of power by the ethnic Lao and Tai tax collectors. The Hmong people divided themselves into pro-French and anti-French factions.