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Who is Chi You Di?
Huab Tais Txiv Yawg
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Who is the first Hmong nurse?
Cua Thoj
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What is the weight of the sword that King Vwj Paj Yias carried?
45.5 kg, which is about 100 lb
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Ly Xia Foung strongly encouraged Hmong children to....
attend school so they could better their lives
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What is the relationship between Lor Kia Tong and Touby Lyfoung?
Lor Kia Tong was the grandfather-in-law of Touby Lyfoung
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People also refer General Vang Pao as....
Hmong Guerrilla leader
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What is the name of Shong Lue Yang's writing system?
Pahawh Script
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Who held the highest office of any Hmong American elected official?
Senator Mee Moua
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In 2005 and 2006, she took a lead role in advancing immigration reform legislation through the Minnesota Senate. She supported bills to improve funding for Limited English Proficiency classes and Adult Basic Education Classes. She fought for the DREAM Act, which would make higher education more affordable for children of immigrants. Who is this person?
Senator Mim Muas
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Who was a Hmong political leader?
Tub Npis Lis Foom
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Who led advocacy effort that successfully opened resettlement to remaining 15,000+ Hmong refugees from Wat Tham Krabok in Thailand?
Bo Thao and Kaying Yang
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What is the name of the rebellion that Pa Chay Vue or Paj Cai Vwj organized?
Guerre Du Fou” (Madman’s War “Nrog Paj Cai”).
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How did King Vwj Paj Yias die?
King Wu Pa Yia was captured and tortured to death by slicing in front of everybody, on March 25, 1796, just barely over a year into the rebellion, when he was 67 years old.
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How did Lis Lwm die?
On July 11, 1969 one of the darkest days of the secret war came and the unimaginable occurred, Lee Lue was finally shot down in his airplane.
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Between 1975-2016, after overthrowing the Laotian monarchy, the Pathet Lao launched an aggressive campaign to capture or kill Hmong soldiers and families who sided with the CIA. Thousands of Hmong were evacuated or escaped on their own to where?
Thailand
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Why did the Communist government want Shong Lue Yang to be killed?
Shong Lue Yang was teaching in the 1960’s to over 300,000 Hmong in Laos. Gradually, Yang chose Hmong and Khmu’ teachers to help him teach and he also built a school. As the news spread of his work, the Communist government heard about Shong and his teaching. They saw Shong as a threat because of his invention of a Hmong writing system, and were out to kill him
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Who was the first Hmong to assume a leadership position in the government of Laos?
Lor Kia Tong or Blia Yao Lor
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What did Tou Npis Lis Foom build in Nong Het for the Hmong and minority ethnic groups?
The first village school
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Who led the Hmong people in the War of the Insane revolt against French rule in French Indochina from 1918 to 1921?
Paj Cai Vwj
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Many men also took up arms again to protect their families as they crossed the heavily patrolled ____ to safety in Thailand.
Mekong River
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Who are our forgotten leaders?
Hmong soldiers who lost their lives in protecting our land and people.
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What was the cause of Ly Xia Foung's death?
Ly Xia Foung died of tetanus.
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What is Lis Lwm best known for?
The best T-28 bomber pilot in the country.
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Yaj Daus was the first Hmong in history to receive a Ph.D. in social science from the Sorbonne, University of Paris, in May 1972. What did he do that shows he loves his Hmong people?
Dr. Yang Dao could have easily accepted one of many prestigious job offers to stay in France. Yet, it was his love for the Hmong that compelled him to return to war-torn Laos where he would fulfill his lifelong dream in helping to lift the Hmong out of obscurity.
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Her father, a regional chief, had seen other Laotian girls attend school and decided that his five children, too, should become educated. But it was unheard of for a Hmong girl to go to school, rather than learning to cultivate the fields. Who is this person?
Cua Thoj
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