At the Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center, I get many research
queries via e-mail so I thought it would be helpful to start this new
message board to share/exchange/disseminate information about
existing
and new research in the field. This is a moderated board, all
messages
will be read by the moderator (me) prior to posting. The focus of
this
board is Hmong Studies scholarship and not political or personal
issues.

I welcome you to send me your postings and to visit this board often.
If you would to receive any postings via e-mail, please feel free to
join the Hmong Studies Research Board Group as a member.

Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
Editor, Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center
Director, Hmong Resource Center, Hmong Cultural Center, Saint Paul

Received this e-mail the other day:

I am looking for current information on Hmong adolescent parenthood
and marriage. Do you have any material related to this topic that I
might access. All I have found is:
Hutchinson, R. and M. McNall (1994). "Early Marriage in a Hmong
Cohort." Journal of Marriage and the Family 56 (August 1994): 579-590.
Thank you.

Here is my answer:

There are several fairly recent publications available at least
somewhat related to this topic. These include:

Moua, Teng. (2003). The Hmong Culture: Kinship, Marriage and Family
Systems. M.S. Thesis, University of Wisconsin-Stout. (Available
online from the UW-Stout Library catalog).
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003mouat.pdf

Ngo, Bic. (2002). "Contesting `Culture': The Perspectives of Hmong
American Female Students on Early Marriage." Anthropology and
Education Quarterly 33(2): 163-188.

Rice, P.L. (2002). "Gender, Sexuality, and Marriage among Hmong Youth
in Australia." From Coming of Age in South and Southeast Asia: Youth,
Courtship and Sexuality, eds. L. Manderson and P. Liamputtong.
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada: Curzon, pp. 249-265.

Vue, Mana (2000). Perception of Early Marriage and Future Educational
Goals Attainment for Hmong Female Adolescents. Master's Thesis,
University of Wisconsin-Stout. (Available online from the UW-Stout
Library Catalog) http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000vuem.pdf

Mark Pfeifer

Recently received this query:

Hello:
Perhaps you can help me! I am a (non-Hmong) funeral licensee.  I am
looking for information pertaining to Hmong funeral and cemetery
rites.  I have searched the "net" for some time and did manage to
locate one publication that has about 20 pages pertaining to Hmong
funeral and cemetery rites which is: Ethnic Variations in Dying,
Death and Grief.  I was hoping for more in-depth information.  Please
advise and thank you for your time and attention!

The author of the e-mail is correct, not too much is available in
print. The most detailed information available in print is in the
Hmong language (Rev. Yves Bertrais's book on Hmong funeral rites).

The following older academic sources do provide some information:

Falk, C. "Hmong Funeral in Australia in 1992."
(http://www.Hmongnet.org/hmong-au/funeral.htm) 19 pages.

Bliatout, B. (1993). "Hmong Death Customs: Traditional and
Acculturated." In Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death, and Grief:
Diversity in Universality, edited by D.K. Irish, K.F. Lundquist, and
V.J. Nelsen, 79-100. Washington D.C.: Taylor and Francis.

Schriever, S.H. (1990). "Comparison of Beliefs and Practices of
Ethnic Viet and Lao Hmong Concerning Illness, Healing, Death, and
Mourning: Implications for Hospice Care with Refugees in Canada."
Journal of Palliative Care 6: 42-49.

Hayes, C.L. and R.A. Kalish. (1987). "Death-Related Experiences and
Funerary Practices of the Hmong Refugee in the United States." Omega
18 (1987-1988): 63-70.

We have these in our Hmong Resource Center library in Saint Paul.

There is quite a bit of material (primarily from Catherine Falk)
about the role of the Qeej instrument in the Hmong funeral ceremony.

Catherine Falk. (2004). "Hmong Instructions to the Dead: What the
Mouth Organ Qeej Says (Part One)." Asian Folklore Studies 63:1-29.

Falk, Catherine. (2004). "The Private and Public Lives of the Hmong
Qeej and Miao Lusheng." In The Hmong of Australia: Culture and
Diaspora. Eds. Nicholas Tapp and Gary Yia Lee. Canberra, Australia:
Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The
Australian National University, 123-152.

Falk, Catherine. (2003/2004). "The Dragon Taught Us: Hmong Stories
about the Origin of the Free Reed Qeej." Asian Music. XXXV(1):
(Fall/Winter 2003/2004) 17-56.

Falk, Catherine. (2003). "'If you have good knowledge, close it well
tight': concealed and framed meaning in the funeral music of the
Hmong qeej." British Journal of Ethnomusicology 12(ii): 1-33.

This is the Hmong Studies Newsletter of the Hmong Resource Center in
Saint Paul. The newsletter provides annotations of new publications
in Hmong Studies. A new newsletter should be out by Mid or late
April, I will post it to the board - Your Moderator

HMONG STUDIES NEWSLETTER March/April 2005

ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THE HMONG RESOURCE CENTER OF THE HMONG CULTURAL
CENTER

ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION: The Hmong Studies Resource Newsletter
provides up-to-date information about new works in Hmong Studies and
Hmong-related research resources. To access back issues of this
unique online publication visit:
http://www.hmongcenter.org/hccnewsletter.html

ABOUT THE HMONG RESOURCE CENTER:

The work of the Hmong Resource Center is to provide information to
Hmong and non-Hmong for the purpose of promoting positive race
relations, human rights, multicultural education, information about
cross-cultural health and medicine, teacher education, family
literacy education and community-based research.

The Hmong Resource Center of the Hmong Cultural Center is open to the
public Monday through Friday from 9 AM – 6 PM. The Hmong Resource
Center is located in the Hmong Cultural Center's offices at 995
University Avenue, Suite 214 in Saint Paul. Phone: 651-917-9937. E-
Mail: resources@.... Online Resource Center Catalog:
www.hmongcenter.org/ or www.hmongcenter.com/ Walk-ins are welcome and
there are many displays to look at that teach about the Hmong people,
their history, their culture and their experience in the U.S. over
the past 25 years. Larger group tours and educational sessions may be
arranged in advance.

The Hmong Cultural Center and its Resource Center serves as the Hmong
representative organization on the Council of Advisors of Tolerance
Minnesota.

NEW WORKS IN HMONG STUDIES:

Books/Theses/Reports

Chang, Chou Soobtsheej. (2004). A Hmong and His Story, EdD
Dissertation, University of Saint Thomas. This doctoral dissertation
probes the larger, deeper Hmong journey through the life story of one
Hmong individual, who was born in the jungle of Phou Bia, Laos, grew
up during the Secret War in Laos, emigrated to Thailand as a refugee,
and finally to the United States of America.

Clarkin, Patrick Francis. (2004). The fetal origins hypothesis and
the Hmong diaspora: Effects of warfare, early malnutrition, and later
modernization on adult health. PhD Dissertation, State University of
New York at Binghamton. This dissertation explores how early
malnutrition and later modernization have affected chronic disease
markers in Hmong refugees in French Guiana and the United States.
Using a stepwise regression analysis, the author found that Hmong who
resided in the U.S. had a significantly higher central skinfold ratio
and lower arm muscle area, while age at first resettlement was
positively associated with higher blood pressure and shorter stature.
Individuals born in a war zone had a significantly higher body mass
index, abdominal/hip ratio, and a central skinfold ratio than those
born in a safe zone. Also, Hmong who were displaced from their
village before age 2 years had higher blood pressure and shorter
stature than those who were not. It appears that early malnutrition
resulting from conditions of war has had detrimental effects on
growth and development after controlling for degree of modernization
in adulthood. Finally, Hmong in the United States had a higher
adjusted odds ratio for pre-hypertension in a logistic regression
analysis, indicating that modernization is also a factor in chronic
disease development.

Moua, Neng. (2004). Satisfaction levels among Hmong clients using the
services of shamans in Fresno County, California. Masters in Public
Health Thesis, California State University, Fresno. The purpose of
this study was to gain an understanding in satisfaction levels among
Hmong in Fresno County who used shamans' services with respect to the
gender of shamans, the use of live or dead animals, and ritual
practices inside or outside of the client's home. The PEN-3 model by
Airhihenbuwa was used to guide this study. The instrument was
translated into Hmong language for preference of the respondents. A
total of 115 participants were recruited (87 males and 28 females). A
significant difference in clients' satisfaction levels was found by
the shamans' practice inside or outside the client's home. A
significant difference found in clients' satisfaction according to
the use of live or dead animals in the shaman's practice. Clients who
had shamans who use live animals were significantly more satisfied
than those who use dead animals. There were no significant
differences in regard to the gender of shamans.

Tungarayasub, Ittipon. (2004). A bio-solar house for northern
Thailand. MS Engineering Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
The feasibility of a bio-solar house was investigated within a Hmong
village in the mountains in the rural areas of the north of Thailand.
The group had no electric power for lighting or clean fuel for
cooking or space heating/cooling. There were two design parts in this
study; the solar house with passive solar features and a photovoltaic
system, and a biogas system. The insulation for house in this study
was straw available in the area and the thermal mass was a stone
floor. The PV system was expected to produce enough electricity for
two fluorescent lights, one lantern light and one radio with an loss-
of-load probability of 5%. The biogas system would produce 2 m of
methane gas per day, enough for cooking for five people. The initial
estimated cost of the bio-solar house was low, so it is expected to
pay for itself in 5 years. The biogas system by itself has a
predicted payback time of one year based on gas prices in a nearby
city and appears worthy of continued development.

Academic Articles

Schein, Louisa. (2005). "Marrying Out of Place: Hmong/Miao Women
Across and Beyond China." In Cross-Border Marriages: Gender and
Mobility in Transnational Asia: Editor: Nicole Constable.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 53-79. The author
of this article examines two types of translocal marriages involving
Hmong women from China. The first of these involve marriages with
Hmong-American men who visit China looking for a Hmong bride to take
to the United States. The second type of marriages assessed involved
Hmong women in China who marry non-Hmong (primarily Han Chinese) men
from other provinces. This work is part of an anthology of articles
focusing on how international marriages are negotiated, arranged and
experienced and the implications of these marriages for understanding
how local and global processes in the everyday lives of women and men
bring both potentially greater possibilities but also disappointments
in many cases.

Duffy, John. (2004). "Letters from the Fair City: A rhetorical
conception of literacy." College Composition and Communication
56(2):
223-250. This article suggests that literacy development in
immigrant, refugee, and other historically marginalized communities
can be understood as a response to rhetorical struggles in contexts
of civic life. To illustrate this "rhetorical conception of
literacy," the article examines a collection of anti-immigrant
letters published in a Midwestern newspaper between 1985 and 1995 and
the responses to these by a group of Southeast Asian Hmong refugee
writers. The essay explores the relationships of content, form,
language, and audience in the two sets of letters to show how the
anti-immigrant rhetoric became the basis for new forms of public
writing in the Hmong community.

Helsel, Deborah G., Mochel, Marilyn, and Robert Bauer.
(2004). "Shamans in a Hmong American Community." Journal of
Alternative and Complementary Medicine 10(6): 933-339. The purpose of
this research study was to increase understanding of the process and
meanings of shamanic care from patient complaint through diagnosis,
treatment, and outcome. The authors collected information from 924
patient contact forms completed by 36 shamans over an 18-month period
included basic demographic information on the patients, their
complaints, treatments suggested by the shamans and the shamans'
perceptions of the outcomes of treatment. These data were translated
and entered into a computer database. The sample involved a Hmong
American community in California's Central Valley. Quantitative
descriptions of the sample were generated and integrated with
qualitative analysis of the content of the text from the diagnostic,
treatment and outcome categories was performed to systematically
identify patterns in the data. Patients sought shamanic help for an
array of physical, emotional, and psychologic complaints—
problems
that the shamans frequently diagnosed as being caused by soul loss or
bad spirits. The authors note that the data suggest the persistence
of the need for the spiritual healing provided by the shamans within
this immigrant community. Shamans' rituals affirmed and strengthened
connections to family, culture, and community.

Her, Cheng and Kathleen Culhane-Pera. (2004). "Culturally
Responsive
Care for Hmong Patients." Postgraduate Medicine 116(6): 39-45.
The
authors of this article present suggestions as to how primary care
physicians can enhance their interactions with Hmong patients. The
authors posit that doctors should seek to understand various elements
of Hmong culture, particularly its approach to medicine and healing.

Withers, Andrea C. (2004). "Hmong Language and Cultural
Maintenance
in Merced, California." Bilingual Research Journal 28(3):
425-462.
The purpose of this research was to ascertain whether certain aspects
of the Hmong language and culture are shifting or being maintained
within a generational cross-section of 12 Hmong participants in
Merced, California. Data were collected in the form of interviews,
questionnaires, Internet research, and library research. The results
of the study showed that though there were Hmong language and
cultural resources available in Merced, the participants nonetheless
seemed to be undergoing a generational shift in their heritage
language in terms of both ability and use, as well as their attitudes
about and participation in their heritage culture.

RECENT RESOURCE CENTER VISITORS:

Dao Yang, a student at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse visited
the Resource Center to find sources for a research paper on Hmong paj
ntaub embroidery.

Students in a teacher training class at Metropolitan State University
visited to learn more about learning styles of Hmong-origin students
and cultural etiquette for working with Hmong families.

HMONG RESOURCE CENTER PARTNERS WITH WWW HMONG HOMEPAGE:

The Hmong Resource Center has partnered with Craig Rice to provide up-
to-date content related to community educational events, Hmong
resources and Hmong Studies for the WWW Hmong Homepage. Craig Rice co-
founded the WWW Hmong Homepage in early 1994. The website was one of
the first to provide substantive educational resources related to
Hmong-Americans and Hmong around the world. The WWW Hmong Homepage is
still one of the most heavily utilized educational websites related
to the Hmong. To view the relaunched WWW Hmong Homepage visit:
www.hmongnet.org

ADDITIONAL CONTENT ON NEW LEARN ABOUT HMONG WEBSITE:

Hmong Cultural Center's Hmong Resource Center has launched a new
multicultural education website: www.learnabouthmong.com. The new
Learn about Hmong website uses online video clips and other
multimedia technologies to teach about the Hmong people, and promote
a better understanding of the Hmong people and their experience in
Minnesota and the United States.

A highlight of the website is a newly expanded 55 slide
comprehensive "Hmong 101" presentation with information about
Hmong
History, the Hmong refugee experience, the new Hmong refugees coming
from Wat Thamkrabok, Hmong life in America, the basics of Hmong
culture and cultural etiquette for service providers and others who
interact with traditional Hmong. Another new feature is a
presentation with information about several important figures in
Hmong History. Other features include a photo essay of Hmong
businesses which have helped revitalize several Saint Paul
neighborhoods, video clips of important Hmong community events in
Minnesota, and profiles of Hmong who were pioneers in the fields of
medicine, academia, law and politics. The website also teaches about
traditional Hmong folk arts through video clips of Hmong musical
instruments, folksongs and Hmong embroidery. The new website was
featured in a Saint Paul Pioneer Press article on Monday, December 20.

LearnaboutHmong.com has been made possible by a grant from the
3M/COMPAS Award for Innovation in the Arts Program and the Asian
Pacific Endowment of the Saint Paul Foundation. To view the new
content (Hmong 101 Presentation and Hmong Historical Figures) on the
Learn about Hmong website visit:

http://www.learnabouthmong.com

SCHOLARS RESPOND TO PORTRAYAL OF HMONG SHAMANISM IN DECEMBER 2004 NEW
YORK TIMES ARTICLE:

Mark E. Pfeifer of the Hmong Resource Center along with Dr. Dia Cha
of Saint Cloud State University and Dr. Nicholas Tapp of Australian
National University have written letters to the New York Times in
response to a very misleading and culturally inaccurate New York
Times article that appeared December 1, 2004.

The letters to the New York Times may be read at the following link:

http://www.hmongstudies.org/restonewyort.html

HUMAN RIGHTS AND RACE RELATIONS ARTICLES COLLECTIONS AT HMONG
RESOURCE CENTER:

As part of its ongoing commitment to promote education about social
justice issues as they affect Hmong in the U.S. and around the world,
the Resource Center maintains important collections of newspaper
articles related to the Human Rights of Hmong residing in Southeast
Asia and Race Relations issues involving Hmong-Americans.

Listings of the holdings of these continually updated collections are
available at the following resource links:

Human Rights: http://www.hmongcenter.org/humrigcol.html

Race Relations: http://www.hmongcenter.org/racrelcol.html

HMONG STUDIES JOURNAL CFP: VOLUME 6 (MARCH 15, 2005):

The Hmong Studies Journal invites article submissions for its 2005
issue (Volume 6). The deadline for submissions to be considered for
the 2005 issue is March 15, 2005.

Hmong Studies-related scholarly articles from all disciplinary
backgrounds and perspectives are welcome. Works considered for
submission must consist of original research and not have been
previously published elsewhere. Book reviews are welcome but works
consisting primarily of non-original literature reviews of other
works generally are not accepted. Neither are works that consist
primarily of political-oriented commentary. Articles for submission
review should be sent on diskette or by e-mail attachment to Mark E.
Pfeifer, PhD Director, Hmong Resource Center, Hmong Cultural Center,
995 University Avenue, Suite 214, Saint Paul, MN 55104, e-mail:
hmongcultural@... or to Anne Frank, Librarian, Southeast Asian
Archive, University of California, Irvine, The UCI Libraries, P.O.
Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92623-9557, e-mail: afrank@...

Please note: As a peer-reviewed journal, the Hmong Studies Journal
reserves the right to suggest and request revisions to any submitted
article. The editors and editorial board of the Hmong Studies Journal
will review all articles and subsequent drafts for possible
submission and will decide whether articles are to be accepted or
declined.

To view all of the articles in the past issues of the Hmong Studies
Journal visit: http://www.hmongstudies.org/hmonstudjour2.html

HMONG CULTURAL CENTER'S 2004 ANNUAL REPORT NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE:

Hmong Cultural Center's 2004 Annual Report is now available
online in
PDF format. The report includes listings of 2004 acquisitions in the
Hmong Resource Center. The report may be visited at the following
link:

http://www.hmongcenter.org/hccanrep.html

OUR SUPPORTERS:

Funding supporters of the Hmong Resource Center include the New York
and Vermont-based Freeman Foundation, the Marbrook Foundation, the 3M
Foundation/COMPAS Award for Innovation in the Arts Program and the
Asian Pacific Endowment of the Saint Paul Foundation. The Building
Bridges Outreach program is supported by the Saint Paul Foundation
and the Minnesota Humanities Commission.

I received this question the other day:

"We have a presentation coming up and I was
presenting Hmong diaspora. with research I happened to find your
page and was just wondering if there was any possible way to find
information with the location of Hmong around the world. Please
respond when time permits.thank you very much for your help."


The following are estimates from our Hmong 101 presentation. The
Hmong in Asia estimates were given to us by Dr. Nicholas Tapp. By
the way, Hmong Studies Journal Volume 6 (out by this summer) has a
very interesting, submitted article on this very issue, (the journal
is currently in the review process by its editorial board) so more
detailed scholarly work on the topic may be available soon.


Asia •China – 6,000,000 •Vietnam – 787,604 •Laos –
315,000 •Thailand – 124,000 •Burma – 2-3,000 •Western
Countries •United States – 200,000-250,000 •France –
8,000 •Australia – 1,800 •Canada – 767 •French Guyana – 500-
1,000 •Germany - 70


- Mark Pfeifer

This question just came in....

"I'm looking for a book on how to learn or study
the cultural of Hmong, the way the do their wedding.  If you could
find me those book I would love to purchase it."


While there are a fair number of English language scholarly sources
related to Hmong marriages and gender roles, the only highly
detailed sources that I am aware of about the wedding ceremony are
in the Hmong language. There are two available from the Hmong
Cultural Center in Saint Paul.

One is Tshoob Kos by Tougeu Leepalao (2002).
http://www.hmongcenter.org/noname16.html

The Other is Kab Tshoob Kev Kos (Hmong Traditional Marriage), 2nd
Edition, Editor: Lee Pao Yang. Author: Xai Dang S. Lee. Published by
Quality Printing, Des Moines, Iowa. (1994).
http://www.hmongcenter.org/kabtshoobkev1.html

Unfortunately, these books have not been translated into English.

- Mark Pfeifer

"I am teaching a course called Issues in contempory Asia.  I would
like to include something about Hmong history/culture in my course,
particularly resistance to Han China."


I am not aware of scholarly sources that discuss this topic in depth
among Hmong in contemporary China while there are a number of sources
that look at this issue in historical context. More contemporary work
has been done in Thailand and Laos. We do have bibliographies of
scholarly sources on Hmong in China and Hmong in Southeast Asia (which
list several articles relevant to your topic) at:

http://www.hmongstudies.org/noname1.html

http://www.hmongstudies.org/hmoninsoutas.html

-Mark Pfeifer

Though this is not of a scholarly nature, I am passing
this along because these documents may be of interest
and use to those who work on health and refugee
reception issues.

- Mark Pfeifer


Note: forwarded message attached.



Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
Director, Hmong Resource Center, Hmong Cultural Center
995 University Avenue, Suite 214
Saint Paul, MN 55104-4796
Phone: 651-917-9937 Fax: 651-917-9978
E-mail: resources@...
Internet: www.hmongcenter.org Multicultural Education Website:
www.learnabouthmong.com

Dear refugee health partners,

Attached you will find 2 documents created by the MN Department of Health
(MDH) for Hmong anchor families. They are titled "5 messages U.S. anchor
families can use to talk about TB"   & "TB Basics."

The intent of both documents is to give U.S. relatives accurate and
standardized messages to communicate to their family at the WAT. The
documents are in English, but we hope to have a Hmong translation of the "5
messages" in the next couple of weeks.

Please disseminate these documents to families you work with.

BACKGROUND
Reports of mistrust and desperation at the WAT continue. WAT residents
have many fears regarding the slowing of resettlement and tuberculosis (TB)
screening and treatment. Anchor relatives who regularly communicate by
phone with those still at the WAT can play an important role in lessening
this fear. These documents are just one step in the education campaign. CDC
and IOM have also implemented an education campaign in the camp to dispel
myths and hopefully increase compliance with TB screening and medication
regimens.

The first document explains a set of 5 messages that anchor families can
use when talking with their relatives overseas at the WAT about
tuberculosis (TB). This document was created in consultation with Hmong
community leaders, Volag caseworkers and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). In addition, some material came from an ethnographic
study that CDC is in the process of completing on TB beliefs in different
ethnic populations including the Hmong.

The second document provides the most basic information about TB as
background for anchor families.

If you have any questions about these resources, please contact me at
612-676-5660.


Elyse Chadwick, MPH
Refugee Health Consultant
Minnesota Department of Health
Phone: (612) 676-5660
Fax: (612) 676-5689

FYI: The direct links to the PDF files on TB are at:

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/tb/hmongtb.html

- Mark Pfeifer

UW-Stout has had quite a record of churning out M.S. Theses on Hmong-
American Studies issues. Most of the theses completed at the school
since 1998 have been put online in PDF format by the school's
library. According to my records, 25 Stout Theses in Hmong-American
Studies are available online. These theses are listed below. It
certainly would be terrific if other university libraries would
follow this trend, it would greatly increase the accessibility of
graduate student research. By the way, according to my research, UW-
Stout, Cal-State Stanislaus, Mankato State and Cal-State Fresno have
had students put out far more theses in Hmong-American Studies than
any other U.S. schools.

- Mark Pfeifer


Perceptions and knowledge that 7th and 8th grade Hmong students have
of school guidance programs. Sherman, Ryan. 2004. Stout Thesis
Collection. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2004/2004shermanr.pdf

Factors leading Hmong youths to join gangs.  Lor, Kevin C. 2003.
Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003lorc.pdf

The Hmong culture kinship, marriage & family systems.  Moua, Teng.
2003. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003mouat.pdf

A qualitative study examining the effects of polygyny on Hmong
individuals who had been raised in polygynous households. Yang,
Manee. 2003. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003yangm.pdf

Across the ocean the impact of immigration on Hmong women.  Lo,
Kaying. 2002. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002lok.pdf

Combating racism, bigotry, and prejudice preliminary research for
development of an oral history CD on the cultural heritage of Hmong
Americans Plan B paper. Her, Kennedee.  Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002herk.pdf

Hmong family processes and their impact on Hmong adolescents'
delinquent behaviors a correlational study. Xiong, Shanie. 2002.
Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002xiongs.pdf

Hmong students at UW-Stout factors influencing attendance and
retention in a post secondary institution.  Crevier, Melissa. 2002.
Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002crevierm.pdf

Hmong students' personal adjustment in American culture. Shi, Li.
2001. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001shil.pdf

The Hmong a human resource transition. Dirks, Suzanne C. 2000. Stout
Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000dirkss.pdf

Hmong parent education and involvement and its impact on children a
correlational study. Bondioli, Christopher A. 2000. Stout Thesis
Collection. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000bondiolic.pdf

Hmong parents' perceptions toward their children's education in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Thao, Dang. 2000. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000thaod.pdf

Perception of early marriage and future educational goals attainment
for Hmong female adolescents. Vue, Mana. 2000. Stout Thesis
Collection. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000vuem.pdf

The availability of adequate educational support programs for
Southeast Asians as English as a second language students in Wausau
East High School. Vang, Frank Chua. 1999. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999vangf.pdf

An examination of gangs in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and the community's
racial perception of gangs. Higgins, Mary Beth and Ka Vang. 1999.
Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999higginsm.pdf

Hmong youth attitude toward early marriage. Vue, Chuesee. 1999.
Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999vuec.pdf

An investigation of Hmong students' performance on four standardized
cognitive ability measures. Preston, Jodi. 1999. Stout Thesis
Collection. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999prestonj.pdf

Obstacles Hmong students face in going on to higher education.
Xiong, Jennifer. 1999. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999xiongj.pdf

English proficiency level correlated with cumulative grade point
average for selected Southeast Asian students by gender, grade
level, and birthplace. Marsh, Debra M. 1998. Stout Thesis
Collection. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998marshd.pdf

Hmong high school students' attitudes and aspirations toward
education. Lo, Xiong A. 1998. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998lox.pdf

Hmong parents attitude and perception toward Hmong juvenile
delinquency in America. Vang, Tou K. 1998. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998vangt.pdf

Hmong perception and behaviors regarding shamanic practice and
western medicine. Vang, See J. 1998. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998vangs.pdf

Parental influences and academic success of Hmong adolescent
students is there a relationship? Lor, Song. 1998. Stout Thesis
Collection. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998lors.pdf

The relationship between crime and depression within the Wausau area
Hmong youth community. Yang, Tong S. 1998. Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998yangt.pdf

Where they are now the second follow-up study of the 1992 college-
bound Hmong graduates. Xiong, Youa. 1998.  Stout Thesis Collection.
http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998xiongy.pdf

According to Amazon.com, UW-Madison Education Professor Stacey J.
Lee's new book Up Against Whiteness: Race, School, And Immigrant
Youth (Teachers College Press) should be available by May 1, 2005.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-
/0807745758/qid=1112286665/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-
2048942-8321462?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

We will be quick to get a copy for the Hmong Resource Center in
Saint Paul. Over the past few years, Professor Lee has put out some
very interesting work looking at gender issues among Hmong-American
Youth (female AND male, most existing work only looks at females).
She has also explored the experiences of Hmong students in schools
in Wisconsin from a race relations perspective.

Earlier Works by Professor Stacey J. Lee.

Lee, Stacey J. (2004). "Hmong American Masculinities: Creating New
Identities in the United States." In Adolescent Boys: Exploring
Diverse Cultures of Boyhood. Editors: Niobe Way and Judy Y. Chu. New
York and London: New York University Press, pp. 13-30.

Lee, Stacey J. (2002). "Learning 'America': Hmong American High
School Students." Education and Society 34(2):233-246.

Lee, Stacey J. "More than 'Model Minorities' or 'Delinquents': A
look at Hmong American High School Students." Harvard Educational
Review, Vol. 71, 3, Fall 2001.

Lee, Stacey J. (2001). "Transforming and Exploring the Landscape of
Gender and Sexuality: Hmong-American Teenaged Girls." Race, Gender
and Class 8(2):35-46.

Lee, Stacey J. "The Road to College: Hmong American Women's Pursuit
of Higher Education." Harvard Educational Review, Vol 67, #4, Winter
1997

Lee, Stacey J. Unraveling the Model-Minority Stereotype: Voices of
High and Low Achieving Asian American Students. New York: Teachers
College Press, 1996.

Received this query via e-mail yesterday:

"i am emailing regarding to some questions i have as a hmong
girl.. right now i am attending University (out of state)
and i have been asked what is hmong? and being born in
mn i am so used to it that i dont know what is the right answer
to tell these people here that havent been exposed to our heritage..
so i was wondering if you can answer my question.. what is hmong with
some other information.. thanks a lot."

I would be interested in how others might respond to this question
from a student. At Hmong Cultural Center we do get many questions in
our general community presentations from people who do not know much
about the Hmong. We often get asked why do Hmong consider themselves
different from Chinese, Lao, Thai etc. While this question may seem
obvious to scholars, I usually answer that the Hmong are a distinct
ethnic group and ethnic groups usually have some if not all of the
following characteristics: their own language, their own religion and
set of cultural beliefs, their own cultural identifiers (such as
musical instruments, food etc.), and a shared history and collection
memory as members of a group. We cover all of these aspects of the
Hmong experience at our Hmong 101 presentation on our Learn about
Hmong website.

http://www.learnabouthmong.org/presentation/index_files/frame.htm


While this is not an easy short answer I think it is important that
audiences understand the components of the Hmong identity and how the
Hmong experiences differs and parallels that of other ethnic groups.
I would have a similar answer to anyone who asked what makes
Vietnamese different from Chinese or Germans different from
Norwegians etc.

- Mark Pfeifer

A very helpful resource for health care providers who work with Hmong
clients.

I would like to thank a member of the Hmong Health listserv
(maintained by Peg Allen in WI) for passing along this Hmong language
information pertaining to several diseases and medical conditions.

http://spiral.tufts.edu/hmong.html#asthma

- Mark Pfeifer

Here is a really good website that you can find more information about
being Hmong. Dr.Lee, a Hmong anthropologist from Australia wrote some
good publications on that topic.

http://www.garyyialee.com/

Dr. Lee has indeed written on this issue and the link to the article
is on his site. Thank you for writing with this information. Dr. Gary
Yia Lee has recently updated his website and has a new URL. It is
definitely worth checking out his informative website.

- Mark Pfeifer

--- In hmongstudies@yahoogroups.com, "jeancoiss" <jeancoiss@y...>
wrote:
>
>
> Here is a really good website that you can find more information
about
> being Hmong. Dr.Lee, a Hmong anthropologist from Australia wrote
some
> good publications on that topic.
>
> http://www.garyyialee.com/

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- Mark Pfeifer


--- In hmongstudies@yahoogroups.com, "COL.WALTER E KURTZ"
<freeasia@y...> wrote:
>
>
> chances are you seen one of my videos or cds-now you can see them
> online-all the hmong in the world know me.asiaweb@h...
>
> ALL HMONG WELCOME TO VISIT ASIA HILLTRIBE MUSEUM THAILAND TO SEE
HOW
> HMONG LIVE IN PARADISE AWAY FROM USA PROBLEMS-DEBTS-GANGS-DEATH-
PAIN-
> SUFFERING-ASIA IS STRESS FREE-CARE FREE-AND HMONG ARE TRULY
FREE....
>
> RICK
>
> OUT
>
>
>
>
> PLEASE SUPPORT THE BRAVE ELITE US MILITARY FORCES SUPERHEROS -AND
>
> THEIR FOREIGN NATIONAL MILITARY FORCES WHO SERVED THE USA IN ASIA.
>
>
>
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>
> AND FSOC MERCENARY NETWORKS ACROSS ASIA.
>
> FSOC=SERVING THE OPPRESSED IN ASIA WHILE
>
> FIGHTING COMMUNISM-TERRORISM-SOCIALISM.
>
>
>
> SUPPORT THE FREE  BURMA RANGERS -FBR'S -
>
> ASIA'S TRUE  LEGENDARY RAMBO HEROS AT:
>
> http://www.prayforburma.org
>
> LOOKING FOR A MISSION SOLDIER?
>
> http://www.blackwatersecurity.com
>
> http://www.wackenhut.com
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
> DAMAGE MORALE AND UNDERMINE THE MILITARY ARE SABOTEURS AND
>
> SHOULD BE ARRESTED-EXILED OR HANGED
>
> PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
>
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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> htm
>
>
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> http://www.shanworld.org/
>
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>
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>
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>   http://home.earthlink.net/~laohumrights/
> http://www.factfinding.org
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>
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>
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>
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> http://www.freetibet.org/
>
> http://www.ahrchk.net/

I received a copy, mailed by the author in Japan today of an
incredible new book. It is titled in English Laos as Battlefield. It
includes captions in English and Japanese of 30 years of photos 1973-
2003 taken by one Japanese photojournalist of members of a Hmong
Guerilla unit and their families in Laos and the United States. There
are many historical photos in this book from events including the
aftermath of the War in Laos and the Fall of Vientiane.

The photojournalist who mailed us this new book of considerable
historical importance is Takeuchi Shosuke. In the book it states that
he was the only journalist from a non-Communist country who was
allowed to stay in Laos from 1975-1982. I highly recommend this very
unique book.

There is further information in Japanese at:
http://www.mekong-publishing.com/books/ISBN4-8396-0178-X.htm

- Mark Pfeifer

These numbers were passed along via e-mail today from the Refugee
Program Coordinator of the State of MN. California has finally
surpassed MN in resettlement numbers, still very close between the 2
states. California still has a much larger overall Hmong population
of course.

- Mark Pfeifer

Wat Tham Krabok Resettlement to date

April 18, 2005

US - 9863

Top 5 states receiving the Hmong
California - 3461
Minnesota - 3423
Wisconsin - 2202
Michigan - 195
N Carolina - 169

Demographics based on US numbers
F- 4898
M - 4965
0-5 = 2494
6-17 = 3395
18-65 = 3666
65+ = 308

DETAILS ON MINNESOTA NUMBERS

- 10 counties are involved; Ramsey - 2071, Hennepin - 953, Anoka -
143, Washington - 115
- Arrival Numbers by Volags
International Institute - 1243
Catholic Charities - 937
Council of Churches - 548
Lutheran Social Services - 536
World Relief - 159

Gus Avenido, Refugee State Coordinator
MN Dept. of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road N.
St. Paul, MN 55155-3537
Phone:  (651) 296-1884
Fax:  (651) 215-1818
gus.avenido@...

Nice to see Nicholas Tapp has put up a website.

http://nicktapp.idohost.com/links.htm


Dr. Tapp is an Australian-based ethnographer who has done alot of work
with Hmong in Southeast Asia China. He has a list of publications on
the site and even some fieldwork photos.

Dr. Tapp has been a big help to us by serving on the Editorial Board of
Hmong Studies Journal of which we will have a new issue coming out in
the summer.

- Mark Pfeifer

The latest Hmong Resource Center newsletter with updates on research
and happenings within the realm of Hmong Studies has been posted at:

http://www.hmongcenter.org/mayjune2005.html

Archives of the newsletter going back to Summer 2001 (hard to believe
we have been doing it that long) are also up on the site.

We have received our copy in the Hmong Resource Center and I highly
recommend this work, it is most comprehensive I have observed
pertaining to the experiences of Hmong youth growing in the United
States and their experiences with the school system. The focus is
Wisconsin but much of what is discussed is probably quite applicable to
Minnesota and other parts of the United States. Professor Lee also
presents an interesting typology of "Traditional" vs. "Assimilated"
youth and the gender identity of Hmong-American youth also is the
subject of a chapter.

- Mark Pfeifer

Subject: Hmong arrivals

I received message last night that Hmong arrivals
should be picking up substantially towards the end of
the fiscal year. The estimate is as follows:

June - 1,500 arrivals
July - 2,000
August - 800 (not final)
September - ??



Gus Avenido, Refugee State Coordinator
MN Dept. of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road N.
St. Paul, MN 55155-3537
Phone:  (651) 296-1884
Fax:  (651) 215-1818
gus.avenido@...




Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
Director, Hmong Resource Center, Hmong Cultural Center
995 University Avenue, Suite 214
Saint Paul, MN 55104-4796
Phone: 651-917-9937 Fax: 651-917-9978
E-mail: resources@...
Internet: www.hmongcenter.org Multicultural Education Website:
www.learnabouthmong.com

On a recent  trip to Loas, I picked up a bronze spear point. It is about 4 in.
long and 2 3/4 in. wide, and at the place where a shaft would have been is about
1 and 3/8 in. wide by   1/2 in. oval hole. A Thai friend who lives in the north
says her mother finds these things while digging in her garden around their
property. Does anyone know the historical use of bronze in Loas or steer me in
the right direction for further study.

I have heard that there are problem in Wat. People there are given
some sort of medicine to treat for some detected infection. Some
people have died and associate the death with the medication taken.
Now people are refusing to take these pills and are threatening the
people that exams them. Now many of the examiner have left Wat and
the process of resettlement in the US has been cut. The medications
are being sent to officail of the U.S. for further investigation. I
don't know if this is true or not. I hope not, because my first
cousins are suppose to come very soon and we have been waiting for
over a year now.


- Kay:

Thanks for sharing this, I think I have heard something somewhat similar. I hope
your relatives are able to come over soon.

- Mark Pfeifer

I have heard that there are problem in Wat. People there are given
some sort of medicine to treat for some detected infection. Some
people have died and associate the death with the medication taken.
Now people are refusing to take these pills and are threatening the
people that exams them. Now many of the examiner have left Wat and
the process of resettlement in the US has been cut. The medications
are being sent to officail of the U.S. for further investigation. I
don't know if this is true or not. I hope not, because my first
cousins are suppose to come very soon and we have been waiting for
over a year now.


- Kay:

Thanks for sharing this, I think I have heard something somewhat similar. I hope your relatives are able to come over soon.

- Mark Pfeifer

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I have read the entire new Stacey Lee book and I highly recommend it
to those who work in education or have an interest in experiences of
Hmong-American youth in American society.

I particularly appreciate the author's comments on how "Hmong
culture" is perceived by mainstream educators and institutional
actors as a result of portrayals in the press, and other literature.
She writes that popular accounts "tend to stereotype Hmong Culture."
p.13

From p. 14 "By focusing solely on the Hmong culture, the dominant
culture implicitly located the problem within the group. Although an
understanding of cultural issues is important, an exclusive focus on
culture denies the existence of economic, racial, and other
structural barriers that Hmong immigrants/refugees face. The singular
attention on culture conceals the impact of race and racism on the
Hmong-American community  and leaves the assumptions of the dominant
culture unchallenged. In fact, much of the focus on Hmong culture
reflects the cultural racism of the dominant group. Hmong culture is
implicitly understood to be inferior to mainstream American culture
and ultimately threatening to the fabric of U.S. society."

In my view, this passage shows an analytical complexity that is
usually missing in the discussion of social issues and problems in
the mainstream media and even other academic studies. I also think
there are some "leaders" in the community who perpetuate the cultural
racism the author speaks of in their comments to the mainstream
media. I think this is a very insightful work, highly recommended.

- Mark Pfeifer

I am an American who has had Hmong friends in 3 different American
cities I previously lived in.  Where I am now there are no Hmong, but
I would like to reconnect with the Hmong community and try to
encourage the rescue of Hmong still being chased in Laos.

I had a friend in Milwaukee, another in Appleton and a group of
friends in Minneapolis.  I would love to reconnect with them.

David Bielby

col.walter e. kurtz will be at alternate in the
furure.
http://asiahilltribemuseum.8k.com
http://thailandadventurecenter.8k.com
http://fsoc.8k.com

walt
fsoc
out

--- hmongcultural <hmongcultural@...> wrote:

> Nice to see Nicholas Tapp has put up a website.
>
> http://nicktapp.idohost.com/links.htm
>
>
> Dr. Tapp is an Australian-based ethnographer who has
> done alot of work
> with Hmong in Southeast Asia China. He has a list of
> publications on
> the site and even some fieldwork photos.
>
> Dr. Tapp has been a big help to us by serving on the
> Editorial Board of
> Hmong Studies Journal of which we will have a new
> issue coming out in
> the summer.
>
> - Mark Pfeifer
>
>
>
>
>




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I work in Guangdong, just north of Hong Kong.
It is a common belief that the Hmong fled the
communist party's army in the 1950's.  But I am
not able to comfirm his.

Do you know anything about this subject????

walter.sodem@...