Hmong in Minnesota

Hmong in Minnesota

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-94

  Vang, Chia Youyee ^a   Holm, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950322882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Book

References (42)

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5. Gayle L. Morrison, Sky Is Falling: An Oral History of the cia's Evacuation of the Hmong from Laos (Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1999), 9.
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35. Minneapolis Public Schools, http:// www.mpls.k12.mn.us/ (accessed Jul 26, 2007).
36. Hmong Open Partnerships in Education (HOPE) Community Academy, http:www.hope-school. org (accessed Jul 2006);
37. Prairie Seeds Academy, http: www.prairieseedsacademy.org (accessed Jul 2006);
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41. Hmong National Development, Inc. All statistics are from the Minnesota Planning State Demographic Center, available at http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/ demography/DownloadFiles/Asian2000/ Asian2000Data.zip (accessed Jun 2006).
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