As a young immigrant from Laos, growing up in Seattle and attending a predominantly white school, Mey Saelee didn't care to learn about her culture and didn't see a need to study her native language.

Ian Baird took his new job, as a geographer specializing in the upland peoples of Southeast Asia, knowing that members of one of those groups, the Hmong, were disappointed with the scope of his ...

Narathi Palua is sewing in the tropi cal sunshine. His head, shaved but for a few black tufts, is bent in concentration and his long fingers deftly pull a silver needle through the heavy fabric. He is ...

How a hill tribe from Laos changed a Pennsylvania tradition ** The Hmong who made Lancaster County home brought sewing skills they adapted to quilt making.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- A lingering legacy of the Vietnam War emerged from the jungles of Laos on Wednesday, as hundreds of members of the Hmong hill tribe minority surrendered to the communist ...