Variety in film festival marks a transition in Hmong filmmaking Minnesota Public Radio Hang's work is part of the third annual Hmong film festival, or Qhia Dab Neeg, which runs from May 17 to 19, 2012, in St. Paul, Minn. ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The third annual Hmong film festival screens this weekend at Metropolitan State University in St. and more »

Variety in film festival marks a transition in Hmong filmmaking Minnesota Public Radio The third annual Hmong film festival screens this weekend at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul. The event showcases films and videos produced by Hmong artists ? from students to seasoned professionals. The festival's 22-year-old coordinator ...

Medical interpreters feel called to help patients NECN "They said we've got to have someone at Miller-Dwan; the doctor comes in at 3 or 4 in the morning for the checkup," said Xiong, 29, who is Hmong. "The doctor needs someone to be there to make sure this patient is OK and able to take certain kind of ... and more »

Fresno Bee

Valley summer packed with concerts, festivals Fresno Bee Hmong Music Festival: Hmong musicians from around the country converge on the Fresno Fairgrounds for the inaugural Hmong Music Festival on May 26. More than two dozen acts of various genres will perform. $15-$35. hmf.aznlive.com. Alt-rock band Bush, ...

Solana Beach art exhibit sheds light on stories of Hmong tribal life Rancho Santa Fe Review By Claire Harlin In the 1960s, the United States employed the tribal Hmong people to fight what's now known as ?The Secret War? in the highlands of Laos. And as the Southeast Asia conflict, which coincided with the Vietnam War, wound down in defeat for ...

Variety marks transition in Hmong filmmaking
The third annual Hmong film festival this weekend features works by artists who tell a variety of stories, signaling a transition in Hmong filmmaking.

California community fuses traditional, western medicine to help Hmong immigrants
California?s Central Valley is home to thousands of Hmong refugees from Laos, but local hospitals and doctors there have struggled to treat them. Traditionally Hmong were more likely to see a shaman than a doctor if they were sick, so many of them ended up getting treated in the emergency room. But that?s changing thanks to a program in Merced, Calif., called ?Partners in Healing." A Hmong ...

Hmong Spring Dance Festival is Friday, Saturday at SMSU
MARSHALL - The Hmong population is made up of more than people who have fled their native land and need help in their new land, says a member of a dance troupe.

Laos, Hmong Veterans Honored At National Ceremonies
National memorial and wreath-laying ceremonies are being held in Washington, D.C., Arlington National Cemetery, and the U.S. Congress, to honor Lao and Hmong veterans of the ?U.S. Secret Army? in Laos, their American clandestine advisors, and their ...

Highlights of Hmong culture
EUREKA -- More than 70 service providers have a better understanding of the Hmong culture after participating in a recent workshop sponsored by the Department and Health and Human Services' Office of Client and Cultural Diversity.

Hmong health care gap focus of Healthy House dinner
There's still work to be done when it comes to creating an environment in which Hmong residents

Web comments lash out at Hmong community
Racial tensions ignite in La Crosse after police announce the arrests of two Hmong men earlier this week as part of a homicide investigation.

Just Sold: After price cut, Hmong church changes hands in St. Paul
The members of the Hmong Community Methodist Church in St. Paul ? the first Hmong United Methodist congregation in the world ? are leaving the place they have called home since 1985.

Solana Beach art exhibit sheds light on stories of Hmong tribal life
In the 1960s, the United States employed the tribal Hmong people to fight what?s now known as ?The Secret War? in the highlands of Laos. And as the Southeast Asia conflict, which coincided with the Vietnam War, wound down in defeat for the native mountain people, they fled refugee camps in Thailand, where many stayed for decades.

Hmong Veterans Burial Bill Turns Corner
  Chief author Representative Bob Dettmer sponsored two bills to aid the Hmong and Lao veterans in obtaining burial rights guaranteed to other veterans.House File 2260 is a Resolution to Congress, the President and the legislatures of other states to...