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History of the Hmong in Fresno, California

Index History of the Hmong in Fresno, California

The Hmong are a major ethnic group in Fresno, California. [1]

36 relations: ABC-CLIO, Amerasia Journal, American City Business Journals, Arlington National Cemetery, Bee Vang, Bilingual Research Journal, California Department of Education, California State University, Fresno, EBSCO Information Services, English as a second or foreign language, Fresno Unified School District, Fresno, California, Gran Torino, Hmong Americans, Hmong customs and culture, Hmong people, Hmong Studies Journal, Hmong Today (television program), KBIF, KNXT, Lao Veterans of America, Lao Veterans of America Institute, Laos Memorial, May Song Vang, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Nonprofit organization, Public housing, Social Security Administration, Taylor & Francis, The Fresno Bee, United States Department of Health and Human Services, University of California, Davis, Vang Pao, Vietnam War, Wangyee Vang, Welfare.

ABC-CLIO

ABC-CLIO, LLC is a publishing company for academic reference works and periodicals primarily on topics such as history and social sciences for educational and public library settings.

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Amerasia Journal

Amerasia Journal is an interdisciplinary academic journal covering Asian American studies.

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American City Business Journals

"." Houston Business Journal.

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Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., in whose the dead of the nation's conflicts have been buried, beginning with the Civil War, as well as reinterred dead from earlier wars.

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Bee Vang

Bee Vang (born November 4, 1991) is an American actor.

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Bilingual Research Journal

The Bilingual Research Journal is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering bilingualism.

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California Department of Education

The California Department of Education is an agency within the Government of California that oversees public education.

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California State University, Fresno

California State University, Fresno (commonly referred to as Fresno State) is a public research university in Fresno, California.

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EBSCO Information Services

EBSCO Information Services, headquartered in Ipswich, Massachusetts, is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., the third largest private company in Birmingham, Alabama, with annual sales of nearly $2 billion according to the BBJ's 2013 Book of Lists.

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English as a second or foreign language

English as a second or foreign language is the use of English by speakers with different native languages.

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Fresno Unified School District

The Fresno Unified School District is a school district in Fresno, California, United States.

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Fresno, California

Fresno (Spanish for "ash tree") is a city in California, United States, and the county seat of Fresno County.

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Gran Torino

Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film.

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Hmong Americans

Hmong Americans are Americans of Hmong or Miao descent from China, Southeast Asia, most notably from Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.

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Hmong customs and culture

The Hmong people are an ethnic group currently native to several countries, believed to have come from the Yangtze river basin area in southern China.

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Hmong people

The Hmong/Mong (RPA: Hmoob/Moob) are an indigenous people in Asia.

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Hmong Studies Journal

The Hmong Studies Journal is an irregularly published, peer-reviewed academic journal covering studies on the Hmong people.

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Hmong Today (television program)

Hmong Today is a television program that airs on KNXT in Fresno, California.

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KBIF

KBIF (900 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a World Ethnic format to the Fresno, California, United States, area.

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KNXT

KNXT, virtual and UHF digital channel 50, is a religious independent television station serving Fresno, California, United States that is licensed to Visalia.

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Lao Veterans of America

The Lao Veterans of America, Inc., describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental, veterans organization that represents Lao- and Hmong-American veterans who served in the U.S. clandestine war in the Kingdom of Laos during the Vietnam War as well as their refugee families in the United States.

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Lao Veterans of America Institute

The Lao Veterans of America Institute (LVAI) is a national non-profit organization based in Fresno, and the Central Valley, of California, with chapters throughout California.

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Laos Memorial

The Laos and Hmong Memorial, or Lao Veterans of America Monument, is a granite monument, bronze plaque and living memorial (that includes an Atlas Cedar tree) in Arlington National Cemetery.

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May Song Vang

May Song Vang (February 5, 1951 – August 5, 2013) was an American Hmong community leader and activist.

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Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a major metropolitan area built around the Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix rivers in east central Minnesota.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local.

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Social Security Administration

The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits.

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Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.

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The Fresno Bee

The Fresno Bee is a daily newspaper serving Fresno, California, and surrounding counties in that U.S. state's central San Joaquin Valley.

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United States Department of Health and Human Services

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), also known as the Health Department, is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.

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University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis (also referred to as UCD, UC Davis, or Davis), is a public research university and land-grant university as well as one of the 10 campuses of the University of California (UC) system.

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Vang Pao

Vang Pao (Hmong: Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a major general in the Royal Lao Army.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Wangyee Vang

Wangyee Vang (born November 8, 1947) is a Hmong-American community leader, educator and elder from Fresno, and the Central Valley, of California.

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Welfare

Welfare is a government support for the citizens and residents of society.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hmong_in_Fresno,_California

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