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Hmong students in a class at the Lao Family Community Center inside a branch of the St. Paul YMCA, c.1980.
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 story cloth (paj ndau) showing a traditional Laotian village scene. Made in Ban Vinai, Thailand, c.1989.
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.
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.
Black and white photograph of a Ho-Chunk woman sitting outside a shelter. Taken by Benjamin Franklin Upton in 1858.
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.
Workers hoe sugar beets in a field in Carver County. Date and photographer unknown.