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[Debby Williams <williamsdeb@sbcglobal.net>]

I believe the Hmong were mercenaries for the U.S. during the Vietnam War.

They are originally from China, I believe have been persecuted around S.E. Asia for centuries.

Yes they are agrarian, also mostly a closed society.  Unfortunately many have been relocated to the cities, especially in Wisconsin and Michigan.  Many of the men remain unemployed, the women make beautiful story quilts which they have been known to sell.

I had the pleasure of working with many of them in Lansing, Michigan in a community garden program.  They knew which community gardens had the best soils for specific crops and would grow accordingly.  All their seed was saved seed.  Great group of people to be around.

Debby 

On Mar 3, 2008,  6:47 PM, Al Pernichele wrote:

 

I understand the Hmong are a tribe from Cambodia which supported the US during the Vietnam War. Some were relocated to the United States after that war when the Kumar Rogue  took over in Cambodia. Many were relocated to Western Montana and are now well integrated into the community. The older generation still rarely speak English but their children are usually totally Americanized. The Hmong community are mostly farmers and produces many, perhaps most, of the vegetables around Missoula. I think most of their sales are through local farmers markets. I would not be surprised if this is typical of other places where they were settled after the war since I understand they were mostly farmers in their home country.

Al Pernichele

Corvallis, Montana 

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On Mar 3, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Claude Jolicoeur wrote:

A 16:02 08.03.03 -0600, vous avez écrit :

Interesting you should mention the Hmong. I consider myself as
something of a cosmopolitan, and I had never heard of this group until
this year. Seems there is a family in our very small rural community
that can only speak Hmong and no English. I found that fascinating.

Could someone tell me what is Hmong?
Thanks,
Claude
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An ancient Asian people. (that is, the currently living people are presumably ordinary ages, but the culture has a long history.) Some of the population has been/is in Laos and Vietnam, and a number of those came over to the USA in the 70's (and I believe more since then), at least in part as a result of having been displaced by the general mess in Southeast Asia at that time.

Typing "Hmong" into Google should get you lots of information; which of it is accurate I don't know enough about the subject to tell.

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly

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