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In St. Paul about 2,000 Hmong people have their bachelor's degree, 150 have their master's degree, and 68 have received their doctoral degree, [64] [65] [66] which is a very low percentage considering the population of Hmong Americans in St. Paul is less than 36,000.
However, Hmong Americans and Hmong Laotians often associate it with "Free" and/or "Hmoov" (Fate); it serves as a reminder to them of their history of fighting oppression. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Before the 1970s, the term Miao or Meo (i.e. barbarians, wild, seedlings, and even "Sons of the Soil") was used in reference to the Hmong.
The Hmong had moved to Detroit in order to obtain employment and so members of the same families could live in the same area. [3] Hmong people had migrated to Detroit from various places in the United States. [4] By 2000 there were about 1,700 Hmong people in the Osborn neighborhood of Detroit. [5]
“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 ...
What the Hmong people endured in SE Asia has only come to light as more American Vietnam Veterans find their voice. Local 5 has profiled Air America pilot and author Neil Hansen , who flew secret ...
The 2011 American Community Survey report stated that 31% of Hmong in the state of Minnesota were considered to be in poverty. According to the 2000 U.S. Census data, 33% of Hmong people in Minnesota were considered to be in poverty. According to the 1990 U.S. Census data, 65% of Hmong people in Minnesota were considered to be in poverty. [8]
Today, Fresno has the second largest Hmong population in the country with roughly 35,000 people living in the region. Fresno celebrates Hmong American Day, highlighting community’s contributions ...
The first Hmong elected to a political office in the state was Tony Vang, who became a Fresno Unified School District board member after a 2002 election. The Fresno Hmong had advocated for California bill AB78 which established a requirement for Southeast Asian history education in the California school system; this bill passed in 2003. [10]