N y o b Z o o b !
Exploring the Hmong culture is knowing who you are and finding
a sense of belonging in this world to pass on.
HISTORY
Hmong people generally come from the hill and mountain area south of China. Hmong people lived in China for 2000 years before generally migrating south in the 1700s. Most Hmong in the United States come from Laos, but there are many others from Thailand, Vietnam and China. Hmong people have their own language in a couple different styles of dialect. Most Hmong people came over to the US after the Vietnam War. Although the Hmong people are generally peaceful, during the war they were recruited by the CIA to act as spies. Shortly after the US pulled out of the war, a new leader came to power in Laos. The Hmong were persecuted for their anti-communist involvement in the war and many of them fled to Thailand refugee camps in which many now live in Wisconsin, Minnesota, California, and Alaska.