Hmong Youth Learn Native American Culture: Similarities, Ojibwe, Hmong
One teen noticed similarities between the Ojibwe and Hmong cultures.
Hmong Youth Learn Native American Culture
Participants of Hennepin County Library’s International Teen Club from Brookdale and North Regional branches participated on a March 26, 2011 field trip to Mille Lacs Indian Museum in Onamia, Minn. Hmong Outreach liaison Chaleng Lee lead the field trip to Mille and helped with teaching students more about Native American culture. Highlights of the trip included learning how the Ojibwe built and dismantled their homes, and collected and hunted for food to survive in all four seasons. The teens also had an opportunity to enjoy traditional Ojibwe food.
One teen noticed similarities between the Ojibwe and Hmong cultures. The teens previously have learned about 19th century life in Minnesota by touring Murphy’s Landing in Shakopee and Fort Snelling in St. Paul. Hennepin County Library’s International Teen Club is funded by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County, the Comcast Foundation, and Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. For more information visit Www.Hclib.Org.
This is so awesome. I just shared on my post that I worked with a young man who was adopted into the Ojibwa tribe and we shared similarities about our culture with each other. Like attracts like indeed.
Great things happening in Northern US. I’m proud.