Hmong Resources Online
There is a community of Hmong organizations and businesses online that provides products and services in various
areas of interest and outreach. As such, if you are searching for something at Hmong Archives but did not find it
here, please check out these other websites.
- Hmong Embroidery is a virtual textiles museum displaying many traditional and modern paj ntaub (or story cloths). The exhibit is aim to educate people about the many different types of Hmong embroidery and the symbolic meanings attached to the motifs commonly used in Hmong embroidered art works. This website was developed by Hmong Archives and Hmong Cultural Center through collaborative effort with funding provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Asian Pacific Endowment of the Saint Paul Foundation.
- Hmong ABC is the first bookstore of its kind. It sells many wonderful Hmong arts, crafts, videos, and a large selection of books on Hmong.
- Hmong Cultural Center is the “primary Hmong and Asian American organization in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area that provides community outreach activities related to multicultural education for the purposes of promoting positive race relations in the Twin Cities community.” (Source: Hmong Cultural Center)
- Center for Hmong Arts & Talent is an arts organization that is dedicated to “strengthening the Hmong community by connecting them to the engaging and empowering benefits of the arts.” In addition, CHAT “value the arts as a source for individual empowerment and as a means for social change by communicating messages that affect the larger community as a whole.” (Source: Center for Hmong Arts & Talent)
- Hmong National Development is an organization that “works with local and national organizations, public and private entities, and individuals to promote educational opportunities, to increase community capacity, and to develop resources for the well-being, growth, and full participation of Hmong in society.” (Source: Hmong National Development)