ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells.

The morning after state Rep. Kaohly Her won a historic election victory, You Xiong had plenty of pride in the incoming St.

Closed to outsiders and plagued by addiction, a Vietnam village tuned its radios to a California preacher. It has bloomed into a showcase for Hmong culture and an unlikely tourist destination. On a ...

For centuries Hmong people have lived in the mountains of China and Southeast Asia. They have in more recent history fled Laos as refugees and resettled in the Americas, Australia, and Europe. This ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Logan Middle School 7th graders presented their vision for redeveloping the Bridgeview Plaza site to city planners, with a Hmong village concept emerging as the winning proposal.

WAUSAU - A collection of 400-plus Hmong, Laotian and other Asian cultural artifacts is in the midst of settling in a new home in downtown Wausau. For the past five years, the items — the kinds used ...

Various Hmong dishes sitting on a table. - Mark Wiens/YouTube Minnesota has tasty traditional dishes like its famed juicy Lucy burger, the lesser-known Minnesota-style pizza, and its surprisingly ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - A Hmong story cloth exhibit at the La Crosse Area Heritage Center features 19 cloths that are all unique to the Hmong culture. “Each one encapsulates a story of the Hmong ...

MADISON, Wis. — The decision to name a new elementary school after a Hmong military leader is winning praise from Hmong but criticism by some who question his past, particularly his ties with the CIA.

A day after her historic election victory as the first Hmong woman to lead St. Paul, state Rep. Kaohly Vang Her fielded a steady stream of media interviews and hugs from supporters in her campaign ...