25 Facts About Hmong American

Thousands of Hmong American were evacuated or escaped on their own to Hmong American refugee camps in Thailand.

The clans, from which the Hmong American take their surnames, are: Chang or Cha (Tsab), Chao (Tsom), Cheng (Tsheej), Chue (Tswb), Fang (Faaj) or Fa (Faj), Hang (Haam) or Ha (Ham), Her (Hawj), Khang (Khaab) or Kha (Khab), Kong (Koo) or Soung (Xoom), Kue (Kwm), Lee (Lis), Lor (Lauj), Moua (Muas), Pha (Phab), Thao (Thoj), Vang (Vaaj) or Va (Vaj), Vue or Vu (Vwj), Xiong (Xyooj) and Yang (Yaaj) or Ya (Yaj).

In 1999 there were about 250, 000 Hmong American people living in the United States, living in numerous medium and large cities.

Some Hmong American remained in refugee camps Thailand at the time of the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Suanna Gilman-Ponce, the multilingual education department head of Sacramento City Unified, said that the Hmong students have lower rates due to having parents who speak little English; therefore they enter American schools with few English skills.

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In 2018, the Hmong American District celebrates its fortieth-year anniversary in St Paul, MN with over 110 churches scattered throughout the United States with an inclusive membership of 30, 000 plus people.

The Hmong American District is led by Rev Dr Lantzia Thao, who acts as the Hmong American District Superintendent overseeing the entire movement and operations.

That year, Kurt Metzger and Jason Booza, authors of "Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit, " wrote that "The 3, 943 Hmong American living in tri-county area is one of the most concentrated of the Asian groups.

In 2010, North Carolina had a population of 10, 864 Hmong American and has one of the highest rates of employment compared to other states in the US.

Group of Hmong American refugees settled in Philadelphia after the end of the 1970s Laotian Civil War.

Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, said that lower-class residents resented the Hmong receiving a $100, 000 federal grant for employment assistance when they were out of work; they believed that American citizens should be getting assistance.

The Hmong American United Association of Rhode Island puts on a Hmong American New Year's festival annually.

Lack of formal education among Hmong American immigrants is due to the fact that many were once farmers in the hills of Laos or were refugees from war who fled into remote jungles, and had little or no access to schools.

Cha suggested that the dropout rate of Hmong teenagers was the highest among those of Asian American groups.

The word used to describe the work those Hmong boys were involved in for family was “helping out”, referring to an accepted and natural habit including working outside, taking care of the siblings, completing daily household, being cultural brokers for parents and attending numerous traditional ceremonies.

For example, Hmong American boys were asked to write checks to pay for utility bills and to prepare food for their younger brothers.

The Hmong were more involved in political activities that 57 percent of the Hmong in Minnesota regarded themselves as Democrats, shown by a survey in 2008, and several Hmong people, including Madison P Nguyen, former Hmong refugee women in Minnesota, had been elected political staffs in city offices.

The Hmong American community retains many ties with the Hmong American still in Indochina and remains active in regional politics.

Misogyny and patriarchy in the Hmong American community is present to this day which calls for Hmong American women empowerment initiatives throughout the United States.

Chong Moua Yang, a Hmong American hunter, was murdered in Bath Township, Michigan on November 16, 2018.

Green Hmong American is named so because of the color used in Green Hmong American women's traditional costume.

Complicating communication issues is the fact that until the late 1960s no written form of the Hmong American language existed, and many of the Hmong American people were unable to read or write their own language.

The one non-Hmong American person of the nine arrested, Harrison Jack, is a 1968 West Point graduate, and retired Army infantry officer.

Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, an elderly, racist Korean War veteran living in Detroit, Michigan who befriends a Hmong American teenager named Thao, played by Bee Vang, who previously tries to steal his Gran Torino as an initiation into a local Hmong American gang run by his own cousins.

Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind worked with Xiong to investigate reports of human rights abuses against Hmong American still in Laos and Southeast Asia and says Xiong was a great community leader and an inspiration to many.

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