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Hmong migration and leadership in Laos and in the United States
Hmong in the West : observations and reports • Minneapolis, Minn. • Published In 1982 • Pages: 99-121
By: Thao, Cheu.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper compares and contrasts Hmong secondary migrations in the United States with similar migrational patterns in traditional Laotian Hmong society. The author believes that these patterns of movement are almost identical in both places. Also stressed in this source is the fact that the function of moving helps to consolidate clan power and increase the 'working power' of both village and clan leaders.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Settlement patterns
- Clans
- Community heads
- Public welfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- North American Hmong
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Linguist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1960s-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Cheu Thao
- Material relevant to the traditional Laotian Hmong has been indexed for the Miao (AE05) collection.
- Includes bibliographical references (p.120-121)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hmong Americans