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Sheng Thao, first Hmong woman to be elected as a member of the city council in the state of California and the first Hmong person elected to the Oakland City Council, and the first Hmong-American woman to become mayor of a major city in the United States (Oakland).
However, Hmong is more familiar in the West, due to Hmong emigration. Hmong is the biggest subgroup within the Hmongic peoples. Many overseas Hmong prefer the name Hmong, and claim that Meo (a Southeast Asian language change from Miao) is both inaccurate and pejorative, though it is generally considered neutral by the Miao community in China.
Studies done within the Hmong American communities show that many Hmong continue to consult shamans for their health concerns. A household always has a sacred wallpaper altar (a Thaj Neeb made of Xwmkab) in which when the shaman comes, he/she performs the ritual in front of it. Domestic worshipping is usually also done in front of this. This ...
The Hmong Archives, formerly known as Hmong Nationality Archives, is a nonprofit organization located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States with the mission to research, collect, preserve, interpret, and disseminate materials in all formats about or by Hmong.
Former Minneapolis officer Tou Thao’s role in the death of George Floyd has thrust the city's Hmong refugee population into the national discourse around race. The actions of Thao, who is Hmong ...
As a compromise alternative, multiple iterations of "Hmong" have been proposed. 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 ...
A photographer instructs a model to pose at the 2023 Hmong American Day celebration hed at The Fresno Center Saturday, May 13, 2023 in Fresno. The event which included a ramen bar, music and ...
Hmong-American culture by state (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Hmong-American culture and history" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.