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The Miao are one of 56 non-Han Chinese people officially recognized by the government as minority nationalities. They are distinguished by language, dress, historical traditions, and cultural practice from neighboring ethnic groups and the dominant Han Chinese. They are not culturally homogeneous and the differences between local Miao cultures are often as great as between Miao and non-Miao neighbors. Most Miao live in isolated, swidden-farming communities, widely dispersed in the more remote mountain valleys and hillsides of southern China. Miao communities are also found outside China in Northern Thailand, Laos, Northern Vietnam, and since the 1970s, in North America, France and Australia. See also the North American Hmong Collection in eHRAF World Cultures.

Religious beliefs of the Miao and I tribes in An-shun Kweichow

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Ethnicity and the state

The customs of the Ch'uan Miao

The ceremonies of the Ch'uan Miao

Songs and stories of the Ch'uan Miao

A report on an investigation of the Miao of western Hunan

The Cowrie Shell Miao of Kweichow

Magpie Miao of southern Szechuan

Minority rules

Studies of Miao-I societies in Kweichow

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Chen, Guojun	Religious beliefs of the Miao and I tribes in An-shun Kweichow	1942
Diamond, Norma	Culture summary	2009
Diamond, Norma	Ethnicity and the state	1993
Graham, David Crockett	The customs of the Ch'uan Miao	1937
Graham, David Crockett	The ceremonies of the Ch'uan Miao	1937
Graham, David Crockett	Songs and stories of the Ch'uan Miao	1954
Ling, Shun-sheng	A report on an investigation of the Miao of western Hunan	1947
Mickey, Margaret Portia	The Cowrie Shell Miao of Kweichow	1947
Rui, Yifu	Magpie Miao of southern Szechuan	1960
Schein, Louisa	Minority rules	2000
Wu Che-lin	Studies of Miao-I societies in Kweichow	1942

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