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Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave | Preview

Preview: Season 1 Episode 11 | 30s

Learn about the Hmong people and their journey from Laos to Minnesota. Produced by SPNN

In 1975, at the tumultuous close of the Viet Nam war, the Hmong people in Laos fled their homes, livelihoods, and culture and began to arrive in the U.S. as refugees. Since that time, St. Paul , Minnesota has become the largest home of Hmong Americans in the United States; Hmong Pioneers is their story. Produced by SPNN

12/10/2018

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Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave | Preview

Preview: Season 1 Episode 11 | 30s

In 1975, at the tumultuous close of the Viet Nam war, the Hmong people in Laos fled their homes, livelihoods, and culture and began to arrive in the U.S. as refugees. Since that time, St. Paul , Minnesota has become the largest home of Hmong Americans in the United States; Hmong Pioneers is their story. Produced by SPNN

12/10/2018

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