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What is the origin of Hmong people?
The Hmong are an ethnic group of people with specific language and culture. The Hmong originally came from China with over 4,000 years of history. Some Hmong left China to Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma beginning in the early 1800’s as a result of land expansion by the Chinese government.
Who killed the Hmong people?
Some were soldiers, but most of the dead were civilians felled by mortar fire, land mines, grenades, postwar massacres, hunger and disease. One hundred and fifty thousand Hmong have fled Laos since their country fell to communist forces in 1975.
Are Hmong indigenous?
Hmong are an indigenous people that have been persecuted by the Lao military for their role in supporting American-led anti-communist campaigns before the current government took control in 1975.
Are Laotian Hmong?
“The word ‘Lao’ is traditionally used to describe the Lao people, who are the majority in Laos. The Hmong are an ethnic group within the country of Laos. In Laos, the Hmong are called Hmong, even by the majority Lao. So as not to confuse people, Hmong are Hmong and Lao are Lao.
Why are there so many Hmong in Wisconsin?
Hmong people first arrived in the upper Midwest in 1975 or 1976 following the United States withdrawal from the Vietnam War. They were seeking asylum in the United States, as many had worked or served in fighting for U.S. forces in Laos during the “secret war”. By 1980 there were 408 Hmong people in the state.
Where are the Hmong people from in the world?
The Hmong/Mong (RPA: Hmoob/Moob, Hmong pronunciation: ) is an ethnic group from the mountainous regions of southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. The Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity (苗族) in China.
Where did the Hmong go after the Vietnam War?
After the 1975 Communist victory, thousands of Hmong from Laos had to seek refuge abroad (see Laos below). Approximately 30 percent of the Hmong left, although the only concrete figure we have is that of 116,000 Hmong from Laos and Vietnam together seeking refuge in Thailand up to 1990.
When did the Hmong people convert to Christianity?
Contemporary Hmong people cannot be characterized as subscribing to a single belief system. Missionaries to Southeast Asia converted many Hmong people to Christianity beginning in the 19th-century and many more have become Christian since immigrating from Southeast Asia to the West.
What’s the difference between the Hmong and the Mien?
We find a striking difference between Hmong and Mien people: the Hmong people is genetically different from both the Mien and all other Thai people, whereas the Mien is genetically more similar to other linguistic groups than to the Hmong.