ST. PAUL -- The Twin Cities Hmong community is searching for another location for its elaborate, traditional funerals, which often last several days and include hundreds of relatives and friends. The ...
ST. PAUL (AP) - Maikue Vang's sadness was laced with anger and frustration as the funeral began Saturday for her uncle Cha Vang, the Hmong hunter who was slain in the Wisconsin woods earlier this ...
Dressed in black pants and jacket, a conical red hood on her head, shaman Mai Yang ushered spirits out the front door with a sweeping gesture of her right arm and then struck a gong to persuade the ...
ST. PAUL -- The space crunch for traditional Hmong funerals in the Twin Cities area could soon worsen after city inspectors ordered the city's only Hmong funeral home to close because of code ...
The funeral for Tou Ger Xiong, a prominent local Hmong American activist and comedian who was kidnapped and killed in Colombia in December, will be held later this month, the Xiong family has ...
May Song Vang died August 5th after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 62. In the traditionally male-dominated Hmong culture, May Song Vang stood out and spoke out to make sure women played a ...
ST PAUL, Minn. — A three-day memorial service will celebrate the life of community activist Tou Ger Xiong, who served as a bridge between traditional Hmong culture and life in a modern and changing ...
FRESNO — Vang Pao, a fabled military hero and beloved father figure among the international Hmong refugee community, will be honored with a massive funeral "fit for a king" in central California, the ...
A Sheboygan man convicted of fatally shooting a Hmong man has been ordered to pay $36,000 to cover funeral costs, an amount the defense argued was excessive. A Sheboygan Press report said 20-year-old ...