Hmong students at a party, 1976

Hmong students at a party, 1976

Hmong students wearing traditional clothes at a class party and potluck, 1976. Photo taken inside the International Institute of Minnesota in St. Paul. Used with the permission of the International Institute of Minnesota.

Black and white photograph of Hmong students in a class at the Lao Family Community Center inside a branch of the St. Paul YMCA, c.1980.

Hmong students at Lao Family Community Center

Hmong students in a class at the Lao Family Community Center inside a branch of the St. Paul YMCA, c.1980.

Color image of a Hmong tb lub pov courtship ball used during a Hmong New Year celebration. Made by Mai Yia Thao of St. Paul on December 16, 1994.

Hmong tb lub pov (courtship ball)

Hmong tb lub pov (courtship ball) used during a Hmong New Year celebration. Made by Mai Yia Thao of St. Paul on December 16, 1994.

Color image of a Hmong story cloth (paj ndau) showing a traditional Laotian village scene. Made in Ban Vinai, Thailand, c.1989.

Hmong village story cloth (paj ndau)

Hmong story cloth (paj ndau) showing a traditional Laotian village scene. Made in Ban Vinai, Thailand, c.1989.

Black and white photograph of a Hmong wedding reception in St. Paul, 1981. Photographed by Michael Kieger.

Hmong wedding reception

Hmong wedding reception in St. Paul, 1981. Photographed by Michael Kieger.

Hmong young people playing volleyball on the playground at Western and I-94, St. Paul, ca. 1980s. Photo by Michael Kieger.

Hmong young people playing volleyball

Hmong young people playing volleyball on the playground at Western and I-94, St. Paul, ca. 1980s. Photo by Michael Kieger.

Black-and-white photo print of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian Agency, c.1860.

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian Agency on the Owatonna Road near Mankato

Black-and-white photo print of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian Agency, c.1860.

Black-and-white photograph of a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) encampment taken by Whitney's Gallery, c.1865.

Ho-Chunk Encampment

Black-and-white photograph of a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) encampment taken by Whitney's Gallery, c.1865.

Black and white photograph of a Ho-Chunk woman sitting outside a shelter. Taken by Benjamin Franklin Upton in 1858.

Ho-Chunk woman and basswood wigwam

Black and white photograph of a Ho-Chunk woman sitting outside a shelter. Taken by Benjamin Franklin Upton in 1858.

Hodan Ugas

Hodan Ugas

The spoken word artist Hodan Ugas, granddaughter of the poet Rage Ugas, in a still from the documentary film Somalia: A Nation of Poets, which premiered on Twin Cities PBS in January 2017. Used courtesy of Ka Joog and Twin Cities PBS.

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