The aroma of fresh spring rolls, nutty chicken satay and fried crab rangoons lingered in the air at the Hmong American Peace Academy's first floor café , drawing visitors inside the school. Dozens ...

At museums in the Twin Cities, where Hmong families settled after a Vietnam proxy war in Laos, story cloths and other artifacts recount their history. By Alex V. Cipolle Reporting from Minneapolis ...

The Hmong use story cloths to document the history of their people and culture. The first Hmong story cloths were first created by people in Thai refugee camps. One of the most popular topics for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Pangnhia Hang, mother of Manitowoc resident Kaonou Hang-Vue, wears a traditional White Hmong pants-style outfit while in ...

Mason Lospeej Her shares stories through the qeej, a Hmong instrument. Milwaukee graduate student Mason Lospeej Her maintains Hmong cultural traditions by performing the qeej, a woodwind instrument ...

"Cloth as Community," a new exhibit on display in the University Library Gallery and the Donald and Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives, features Hmong textiles and other items ...

The two overlapping presentations on view in Wisconsin and San José, each tailored to their host city, reflect the diverse U.S. contexts in which HMong communities have adapted since fleeing Laos.

Paul Aleckson, project coordinator ; Anne Jagodzinski, James Kegel, editors. "The D.C. Everest Hmong Oral History Project ... has been prepared by staff and students from D.C. Everest Junior and ...

Doua Moua’s big break came in 2008, when he was cast as “Spider” in the film “Gran Torino” — the first feature film to spotlight Hmong Americans. Now 15 years later, Moua’s family drama, “The Harvest” ...