HMONG: LAOTIAN HILL PEOPLE WHO NOW CALL ST. PAUL HOME
Author(s):
Mouat, Lucia
Format:
Journal article
Citation:
Christian Science Monitor, Volume 74, Issue 158 (1982-07). pp. 1.
Language:
English
Abstract:
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT WAR AND THE NEW MIGRATION PATTERNS IT SET IN MOTION, THE TWIN CITIES HAVE BECOME "HOME" TO THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF HMONG REFUGEES SOME 11,000 - IN ANY METROPOLITAN AREA OF THE UNITED STATES. ST. PAUL, WITH THE LARGEST SETTLEMENT, IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO HERE AS THE HMONG CAPITAL OF AMERICA. IT HAPPENED PARTLY BECAUSE SEVERAL CLAN LEADERS IN THIS TRIBAL SOCIETY HAD MINNESOTA SPONSORS AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST HMONG MIGRATION IN 1976. MANY HMONG ARRIVING LATER IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES FOLLOWED THEM HERE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.