This Is Home: The Hmong in Minnesota - An MPR documentary

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March 12, 1999
Lynette Nyman - Reporter, Masami Suga - Interviewee, Cher Lee - Interviewee, Chue Tsu Vang - Interviewee, Doua Lee - Interviewee, Ma Lee - Interviewee, May Chou Her - Interviewee, Judith Martin - Interviewee, Eric Jansen - Contributor, John Rabe - Host, Pakou - Interviewee, Vu Xiong - Interviewee, Yer Vue - Interviewee, Ilean Her - Interviewee, Jeremy Hein - Interviewee, Chai Fue Xiong - Interviewee, MayKao Hang - Interviewee, Ly Xiong Pao - Interviewee, May Pa Xenexai - Interviewee, Yee Chang - Interviewee, Yang Dao - Interviewee, Corrine Pearson - Interviewee
Listen: Hour 2 This Is Home, MPR documentary about the Hmong people in Minnesota
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Midday presents a MPR documentary special by MPR’s Lynette Nyman about the Hmong people in Minnesota, called “This Is Home: The Hmong in Minnesota.” Program explores the ways members of St. Paul's Hmong community wrestle with issues of culture and identity, with maintaining ties to the past, and seeking to thrive in modern urban America.

There are four segments and also includes various profiles of individuals:

Part one: Hard Work looks at the history of the Hmong people, their journey to the United States, and the life of one Hmong-American family in St. Paul.

Part two: Leading the People discusses the shift of power and leadership from the older to the younger generation in the Hmong community.

Part three: Sew It Right investigates how the centuries-old tradition of Hmong hand stitching is a practice becoming less useful as Hmong women create new lives in the U.S.

Part four: Going Home reports on more Hmong Americans return to visit Laos to

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In 2008, Minnesota's voters passed the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution: to protect drinking water sources; to protect, enhance, and restore wetlands, prairies, forests, and fish, game, and wildlife habitat; to preserve arts and cultural heritage; to support parks and trails; and to protect, enhance, and restore lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater.

Efforts to digitize this initial assortment of thousands of historical audio material was made possible through the Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. A wide range of Minnesota subject matter is represented within this collection.

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