Laos

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Bandits or Rebels? Hmong Resistance in the New Laostate

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Gary Yia Lee
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 6-15
Description
Examines political developments in Laos from the 19th century to the end of the 20th. To access this article scroll down to page 6.
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The Blessings of the Poppy: Opium and the Akha People of Northern Laos

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Michael Epprecht
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 16-21
Description
Discusses relations between the Akha highland peoples and the lowlanders as well as the role opium production and consumption plays in their lives. To access this article scroll down to page 16.
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Development-Induced Resettlement and Social Suffering in Lao PDR

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Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 22-29
Description
Effects of the resettlement between 2000 and 2006 on communities has shown increased mortality and morbidity, poverty, marginalization, food insecurity, social anomalies, disintegration, discrimination and loss of dignity. To access this article, scroll down to page 22.
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Editorial: [Indigenous - Social Suffering]

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Jack Hicks
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 4-5
Description
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on diabetes, the San people in South Africa, the Lao PDR, suicide among the Inuit youth and Aboriginal affairs in Australia. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.
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Editorial: The Indigenous Peoples of Indochina

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Christian Erni
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 2-5
Description
Commentary gives a report on the past and current social and political situations for the Indigenous peoples in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. To access this article scroll down to page 2.
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More Trouble for the Heuny

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Nok Khamin
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 22-29
Description
Discusses Laotian government policies towards indigenous groups and the impact of hydroelectric dam construction. To access this article scroll down to page 22.
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Telling Stories Through Cloth: Chia Yang Khang

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Author/Creator
Hannah Ellman
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
A description of Hmông embroidery techniques involving both ancient traditions and more recent adaptations aquired during long years of survival in refugee camps.
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