The Journey of Hmong Immigrants
Hello! Judy, Targ, and I(Duachi) are working on Hmong immigrants. We will interview some Hmong immigrants from our own school. The website is still under construction, so try to be patient! Let's start off with where the Hmong people originated... The Hmong people originated from from central Asia through Turkestan, Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Honan, Tibet, and the plains of Yellow River. the Hmong originated in southwestern China or present-day Myanmar (Burma) and Tibet before migrating further into China as far north as the Yellow River. Our original hair color is brown-blondish, but a lot of Hmong have black hair from Chinese people. There were many Hmong families in China, which the Chinese did not like us very much. Hmong were driven off the plains of the Yellow River between 2700 and 2300 B.C. The theory of China origin probably has the most support among historians. Hmong people became very strong, and the Chinese people didn't like what was going on.
Then they started to kill the Hmong people and forced us to move us all to Southeast Asia. That is why there was a wall bulit to not let any Hmong people enter.We had a written scripture of our nation (Hmong) ,we had many things a government would have, but then the chinese burnt everything. The Chinese nation was actually most likely to be called the "Hmong dynasty." Hmong first began migrating into Southeast Asia around 1800 . There we couldn't find any land to live because everywhere we went was occupied. We built small villages in the high mountains and lived there where it was unoccupied. The place where we had settled in, people were scared to enter the mountains. As for us Hmong, we were scared too, but we had no where else to go. At last, we started a whole new life. When our community started to grow stronger, we decided to have a king. Armies guarded the mountains which no one would enter. This is why the Americans had asked us to help fight.
They stayed in our place up in and between the valley where sattlelight can't even be reached or sent. This is one reason why it is called the "secret war." When Hmong armies were dying in the presence of Americans, back in the villages the news was heard and Communists started to invade thier land. We escaped towards the jungle with no food or clothing. It took days to reach the Mokong River, one of the largest rivers in the world. There was Communists searhing for Hmong escapes, and they would find many and kill them without letting them have a second chance. At last, when they reach the river, it is so huge that many people would die or get caught by the communists. Mothers would have to stay with their children or leave their children behind. Many times, men who cared would take one child on their back to cross the river.
