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Interview with Dr. Chia Youyee Vang
Vang, Dr. Chia Youyee
Hmong Americans -- Minnesota.
Professor, UW-Milwaukee - Area of Teaching: Asian/Hmong American history, Cold War in Asia, Transnational migration, Southeast Asian history  Author-Hmong American: Reconstructing Community in Diaspora (Asian American Experience, 2010) and Hmong in…

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  • Mexico 127
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  • Minnesota, USA 1
  • Mexico City, Mexico 1
  • Hue Vietnam 1
  • Tijuana, Mexico 1
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  • Baltimore, Maryland 1
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  • Tegucigalpa, MDC Honduras 1
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  • College Park, Maryland 1
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  • St.Paul 1
  • Smaland, Sweden 1
  • Cuichapa, Veracruz, Mexico 1
  • Fiji 1
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  • Saint Paul, Minnesota 1
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  • Mae Lae refugee camp, Thailand 1
  • Mae Kha Kie, Thailand 1
  • Sensburg, Poland 1
  • Xieng Khouang, Laos 1
  • Tarímbaro, Mexico 1
  • Dominican Republic 1
  • Cleveland, OH 1
  • Hiroshima, Japan 1
  • Bylakuppe, India 1
  • Shandong, China 1
  • Mardin, Syria 1
  • Manila, Philippines 1
  • South Koea 1
  • Yugoslavia 1
  • Switzerland 1
  • Vietnamese 1
  • Zimbabwe 1
  • Spain 1
  • Haiti 1
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  • Los Angeles, CA 1
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  • Lansing, MI 1
  • Bale Robe, Ethiopia 1
  • Vientiane, Laos 1
  • Mae Ra Moe, Thailand 1
  • Monchengladbach, Germany 1
  • Minnesota 1
  • Taipei, Taiwan 1
  • California 1
  • New York 1
  • Cortachy, Scotland 1
  • Sicily, Italy 1
  • Bucharest Romania 1
  • Mae La refugee camp, Thailand 1
  • Umpiem Refugee Camp, Thailand 1
  • Termini Imerese, Italy 1
  • Chicago, IL 1
  • Central Germany 1
  • Ibadan, Nigeria 1
  • Brooklyn Park, MN 1
  • Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India 1
  • Corleto Perticara, Italy 1
  • Mea La Oon, Thailand 1
  • Mae Ka Kee refugee camp, Thailand 1
  • Karen State, Burma 1
  • Mai Lah Ooo, Thailand 1
  • San Francisco, CA 1
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1
  • Beijing, China 1
  • Daegu, South Korea 1
  • Jhapa, Nepal 1
  • County Wexford, Ireland 1
  • Moldova 1
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  • St. Paul 201
  • Minneapolis 121
  • Duluth 22
  • Moorhead 11
  • West St. Paul 9
  • Richfield 9
  • St. Cloud 8
  • Saint Paul 7
  • Brooklyn Center 6
  • Willmar 6
  • Rochester 5
  • Albert Lea 5
  • St. Louis Park 5
  • Bloomington 5
  • Crookston 4
  • Edina 4
  • Stillwater 3
  • Eden Prairie 3
  • Golden Valley 3
  • South St. Paul 3
  • Winona 3
  • Maplewood 3
  • Waseca 3
  • East Grand Forks 2
  • Hopkins 2
  • Litchfield 2
  • Shoreview 2
  • Morris 2
  • Fridley 2
  • White Bear Lake 2
  • Anchorage 2
  • Eagan 2
  • Warroad 2
  • North St. Paul 2
  • Worthington 2
  • Williams 2
  • Columbia Heights 2
  • Anaheim 1
  • Faribault 1
  • Milwaukee 1
  • Hurley 1
  • Seattle 1
  • Berkeley 1
  • Seymour 1
  • Watkins 1
  • Detroit 1
  • Bayonne 1
  • Chicago 1
  • Maryland 1
  • Olivia 1
  • Saint Peter 1
  • Salt Lake City 1
  • Columbus 1
  • New Albany 1
  • Reynoldsburg 1
  • Mora 1
  • Brooklyn Park 1
  • Inver Grove Heights 1
  • St. Anthony 1
  • New Brighton 1
  • Mounds View 1
  • Champlin 1
  • Walnut Grove 1
  • Marshall 1
  • Shakopee 1
  • Grand Rapids 1
  • Little Canada 1
  • North Oaks 1
  • Deephaven 1
  • Apple Valley 1
  • Roseville 1
  • Northfield 1
  • Mankato 1
  • Minnetonka 1
  • Palm Springs 1
  • Los Angeles 1
  • St. Paul Park 1
  • Delavan 1
  • Burnsville 1
  • Blooming Prairie 1
  • Plymouth 1
  • Forest Lake 1
  • Boston 1
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  • Minnesota Historical Society
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