Think of kwv txhiaj as song poetry. Or better yet, think of it like a Hmong version of the blues. And in that vein, think of kwv txhiaj the way American writer Ralph Ellison thought of the blues: "an ...

SCHOFIELD – Distinguished veterans and hip-hop-dancing teens shared the stage this weekend during a program designed to bridge the gap between Hmong generations. "It's a sign to say 'thank you' to our ...

May Song Vang, a leader in the Hmong community both during and after the death of her husband, the iconic Hmong Gen. Vang Pao, died this week in her home state of California. May Song Vang died Monday ...

In the 1960s and 70s, the CIA recruited Vang Pao to organize a Hmong fighting force to join America's "secret war" against the North Vietnamese in Laos. When the war ended, 35,000 Hmong soldiers died, ...

To any Hmong and Montagnard war veterans reading this article, thank you and God bless you for your service and sacrifice.

MINNEAPOLIS — In a small building on Arcade Street in St. Paul, about a dozen Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War — all trained, paid and armed to fight for the United States by the Central Intelligence ...

Madison College will celebrate Hmong heritage, family, and tradition at its annual Hmong New Year Celebration on Saturday, ...

Kwv txhiaj is a Hmong musical form that has its origins in southern China and Southeast Asia, is several centuries old and is kept alive through its singers. One of them happens to call the US Midwest ...