Hmong in America tells the dramatic story of one of America's newest groups of immigrants, the Hmong, told through the voices of the people who lived this contemporary history. Their journey begins in the scenic, rugged highlands of Laos, travels through the Vietnam War, pauses in the over-crowded refugee camps of Thailand, and ends with the challenges of resettlement and a new life in America.
Hmong in America tells the dramatic story of one of America's newest groups of immigrants, the Hmong, told through the voices of the people who lived ...
Anishinabe, Saulteur, Ojibwe, Chippewa - all these are names of a people who have lived in the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin for the past three centuries. Ojibwe oral tradition speaks of life as a circular path, with parents passing on knowledge to children and grandchildren. Over the past 300 years, contact with Europeans and settlement by non-Native Americans have forced them to adapt to survive. The challenges each generation has faced - whether at treaty grounds, boarding schools, or boat landings - have influenced what knowledge has been passed down, what paths taken.
Anishinabe, Saulteur, Ojibwe, Chippewa - all these are names of a people who have lived in the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin for the past three centuri...
