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CHAPTER 3

HMOOB - FROM THE JUNGLES TO THE CAMPS
Photo by Collin Key

LIFE IN THE JUNGLE

  • Many Hmong in the forest died of starvation and illnesses
  • Some Hmong people caught birds and other small animals to cook and eat
  • When the communists found "Hmong's" they would imprison them, or worse
Photo by spaceppl

THE WAR ENDS

  • In 9175, U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam and Laos.
  • Communist soldiers burned down villages of the Hmong who had fought on the side of the United States
Photo by manhhai

THE KILLING CONTINUES

  • The communist soldiers hunted down the Hmong member of the secrecy army and dropped bombs on their villages
  • Soldiers set fire to the jungle with napalm, many thousands of Hmong soldiers, civilians, including children died
  • Some of the Hmong surrendered to the communists and many Hmong would live as slaves workers
Photo by Travis S.

ILLUSTRATE A BLOG POST

  • Many Hmong went across the Mekong River to get to Thailand which they knew that they would be safe there
  • Few Hmong people had boats, but some tried to swim past the rushing waters
  • Other Hmong people had rafts made out of bamboo poles and banana leaves. It took about three hours to cross or even more...
Photo by Safwan S.

THE REFUGEE CAMPS

  • From 1975 to 1990, hundreds of Hmong fled Laos and went to Thailand into the refugee camps
  • The largest camp in Thailand was named Ban Vinai (Bahn ve-NYE)
  • Over 45,000 Hmong lived in Ban Vinai but half of the population was children
Photo by jackol

LIVING CONDIRIONS

  • Most if the refugee camps lived in rows of bamboo barracks, the barracks had dirt floors and straw roofs. Only ten families could live in one barrack
  • Some of the families had little space for a mini grader which they could have grew food for themselves
Photo by Pondspider

FAMILY IS IMPORTANT

  • In the camps the Hmong tried to follow their own customs and traditions
  • Family is very important because when they lived as before, in groups or clans
Photo by Nick Kenrick.

INSPIRE A GROUP

  • The main Hmong clan in from Laos and Thailand was green Hmong and the armband hmong
  • The main clans were the Vietnam included the white Hmong, blue Hmong, black Hmong and flower hmong
  • Sometimes the Hmong were hand sewed certain types of clothing to show what clan they were in
Photo by jackol

NO WRITTEN LANGUAGE

  • Many Hmong before wanted to share their experiences about the war but they figured that they never had a written language
  • Legends say that a very long time ago in China the Hmong had a written language but sadly the language was lost over time
  • Some western missionaries tried to create a Hmong alphabet by stitching alphabet symbols on their clothing
Photo by joaquinuy

IGNITE A MOVEMENT

  • The Hmong used story cloths to record the history by hand sewing
  • Since they were so experienced with sewing they sewed story cloths of their history
Photo by lars hammar