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Hmong: An Endangered People

by lorenz on Jul 7, 2004 in indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Asia, migration

University of California, Center for Southeast Asian Studies

There are more Hmong people today than Tibetans, yet the campaign to "Free Tibet" is widely popular in the U.S. and is internationally recognized, while the plight of Hmong people is relatively unknown. With this challenge, Dr. Eric Crystal introduced his lecture for the Center for Southeast Asian Studies on the UCLA campus. Eric Crystal is an anthropologist who has researched highland Southeast Asian cultures for over three decades.

The Hmong have had a long and distinctive history in China. Over the centuries they migrated south so that today they are dispersed throughout the highlands of southern China and northern Southeast Asia, including in Laos and Vietnam >>continue (Link updated 23.8.2022)

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2 comments

Comment from: heartfortibet

heartfortibet

Great article. I agree about the Hmong. I have spent a fair bit of time around the Hmong-or Miao of SW China. A mate of mine, Jim Goodman has lived around many of the ethnic peoples and written on the Tibetans, Aini and others as well. Thanks for pointing out the Hmong/Tibetans. Great stuff!

11/12/09 @ 11:50

Comment from: mace

mace

Hello,
to whom it may concern,
please
I would like to be able to contact Dr Eric Crystal please it tis regarding the Hills people of China, not sure which one ?
I am trying to find which group is strong in a particular branch of medicine.
Please help
best wishes
Mace

23/08/22 @ 07:37


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