The Last Wave of Hmong American Refugees
To all of the Hmong who have lived in Wat Thamkrabok and are now scattered around the world. We dedicate this book as a memory of good
and bad times together.
WHERE IS HOME
Where is Home: A Memoir of General Vang Pao is dedicated to all the Hmong people who are now scattered around the world due to the Secret War in Laos.
Preserving Hmong Heritage
People wanted to see things in their own language. And that you don’t get in Target and Walmart,” Marlin Heise, an archivist and volunteer at the Hmong Archives, said. Heise became interested in Southeast Asia while reading National Geographic magazines as a boy, and he now travels there yearly.
Military Compass of the Secret War in Laos: A Donation from Youa Ge Vang
This rare, actual military compass was given to Youa Ge Vang when he was a military officer in the Secret War Army in Laos. It was used in action and brought with him to the United States after the Communists took over the country. It was kept with him until early 2016 when Youa Ge decided that it was best to donate to and be preserved by the Hmong Archives for future generations.
A hub dedicated to educating, preserving, collecting Hmong cultural heritage
As both an educator and a researcher, I recognize that discussions about the origins of the Hmong people, specifically where our ancestors first came from, reveal many differing accounts, with no single, fully documented history of our beginnings. Instead, our understanding has been carried through myths and folktales passed down across generations.