Women and Religion: "Mennonite Hmong"

Authors

  • Daphne Abergel Department of Sociology, York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.41239

Keywords:

Hmong, Laos, Kitchener-Waterloo, refugees, CIA, Lao women

Abstract

The Hmong of Laos, a traditionally animist and preliterate people, speak a Sino-Tibetan language and are culturally close to the Chinese. Due to their strategic location and scouting and fighting skills, the Hmong were singled out during the war in Indochina to collaborate with the CIA as front line guerrillas. The eventual assumption of power in 1975 in Laos of communist- backed Pathet Lao forces, resulted in increasing hardships and danger for those Hmong who had complied with the U.S. Army Special Forces. By 1980, more than 110,000 Hmong were forced to flee Thailand. Most Hmong from Thai refugee camps resettled in the U.S., France, Australia and Canada. The Mennonite Central Committee's (MCC) policy to aid sponsor cases like the preliterate and non- industrial Hmong resulted in a proportionately high influx of Hmong to Ontario; hence Kitchener-Waterloo (K-W) has been dubbed the "Hmong Capital" of Canada by immigration officials.

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Published

1987-02-01

How to Cite

Abergel, D. (1987). Women and Religion: "Mennonite Hmong". Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 6(3), 9. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.41239
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