Narathi Palua is sewing in the tropical sunshine. His long fingers deftly pull a silver needle through the heavy fabric. He is 13, gangly, all legs and arms and neck, but his feet – easily a size 10 – ...

He is not Thai, like them, but Hmong, a member of a once-fierce and primitive tribe from the hills of Laos that fought on the side of the Americans during the Vietnam War. He and his displaced ...

Thai natives who now make Lancaster County home brought sewing skills they adapted to quilt making. Narathi Palua is sewing in the tropical sunshine. His fingers deftly pull silver needle through the ...

The young girl was on an airplane for the first time, destined for a new home in a strange land, exhausted, scared and not feeling well. And then she met Pauline Mather, who might as well have been an ...

Tshaj Sawm Huj is barreling down the highway in a tan pickup, gnawing strips of dried squid as he heads for the province of Phrae in northeastern Thailand to pick up an order of quilts for buyers in ...

The free community event will feature marching bands, veterans, local officials and floats while honoring fallen military members who gave the ultimate sacrifice. The U.S. Senior Men's Over-40 ...

This May, in celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Hmong Institute and Wisconsin Women’s Council collaborated to create an exhibit featuring the art ...