Generations of women, neon colors, millions of tiny stitches and the language of needles and thread: this is how memories are ...
50 years ago, Eau Claire welcomed its first Hmong refugee family. The Moua family, sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church, ...
It was an achievement made all the more poignant because Hmong people don’t have a national identity, said Minnesota Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul, who stayed neutral during the campaign but then ...
As co-founder and executive director of the Hmong American Farmers Association in Minnesota, Janssen Hang has met Gov. Tim Walz several times. It's usually been on farmland with Walz in his trademark ...
For chef Yia Vang, live-fire cooking isn’t a trend. “This is actually a part of who I am,” he says. “This is how our people cooked hundreds of years ago. This is how our people cook today. If you go ...
Sheboygan South’s Raine Xiong smiles during the 2023 Sheboygan Area School District commencement, at Vollrath Bowl, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Sheboygan, Wis. SHEBOYGAN – A South High alum won the ...
Lee Pao Xiong shows off a map of refugee camps in Thailand and Laos in the Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia University in St. Paul on Wednesday.
The Hmong American Community of Oregon brought together about 3,000 people Saturday to celebrate the Hmong New Year at Reynolds High School in Troutdale. The festivities, marking the 49th anniversary ...
Chef Vang shares Hmong heritage through food in Minneapolis. Chef Yia Vang uses food as a catalyst for storytelling and firmly believes that every dish has a narrative. Yia fuses local Minnesotan ...
The last time Mai Chue Xiong heard from her husband was more than four years ago, when he called her from jail after he was deported from the family's hideout in Bangkok. Thailand had made a ...
SHEBOYGAN – A South High alum won the 2024 Miss Asian Global Pageant, becoming the first Hmong woman to claim the title in the competition’s nearly 40-year history. Raine said winning the pageant as ...