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2004-11-22 21:02:53 UTC
Keep in mind that Hmong are the "hillbillies" of Asians, coming from a Stone
Age culture in the jungles of Indochina. They just cannot fathom the
concept of something called PRIVATE PROPERTY. Of course the ACLU and all
their blue state whigger friends will come running to Charlie's defense and
make it look like it's all the fault of "tobacco-chewing, sister-screwing,
inbred trailer trash," right, Morris Sleeze?
http://www.kansascity.com/images/twincities/twincities/10246/104981273204.jpg
Mon, Nov. 22, 2004
Collision of cultures
Hmong and white hunters have had disputes in the woods.
Hunting is a tradition many Hmong have continued to pursue since resettling
here from Laos, though not always smoothly.
Some Hmong hunters in the Twin Cities say they have been targets of
harassment and intimidation. Some of their white counterparts complain that
the former refugees, used to unregulated hunting in their homeland,
sometimes fail to comply with modern hunting regulations and wildlife
management practices.
"A lot of these hunters are people who have a strong tradition in hunting,"
said Hmong activist Michael Yang of St. Paul, who joined friends looking for
deer on his first hunting trip a few weeks ago. "That was one of the bases
of survival back in the old days. You go out there in your farm fields and
hunt what you need."
Hunters of all kinds expressed shock Sunday at the arrest of Chai Vang of
St. Paul in shootings that killed five people and injured three during a
dispute over a deer stand in western Wisconsin. The natural resources
departments in Minnesota and Wisconsin, home to more than 75,000 Hmong
counted in the 2000 census, have both hired Hmong conservation officers to
help bridge the gap between Hmong hunting traditions and today's
regulations.
Lee Pao Xiong, a Hmong activist from St. Paul, said he stopped hunting on
public lands in Minnesota after an incident several years ago in which he
and two friends were hunting for squirrels. Two carloads of white hunters
suddenly pulled in to the spot where the three were camping and started
making harassing comments. Several other Hmong hunters overheard the
commotion, and the other hunters left when they realized they were
outnumbered.
Michael Yang said he hears Hmong hunters talking of discrimination and
taunts from other hunters. Hmong hunters have even been forced to take off
their clothes at gunpoint, he said.
"Definitely, there's a lot of friction," Michael Yang said.
Other hunters say they have had problems with Hmong hunters they have
encountered.
Maple Grove hunter Sandy Halvorson said some local hunters complain that
Hmong hunters have come onto private property to hunt and don't understand
property rights and bag limits.
"There's a problem with our system," she said, adding there should perhaps
be classes to teach hunting laws and traditions to immigrants trying to
obtain a license.
"There is a cultural difference between hunting in other countries and
hunting in the United States," she said.
Hunters are protective of their favorite spots, said Dusty Bosteder, a
hunter from Birchwood, Wis., near Rice Lake.
"I'm shocked," Bosteder said of the shootings. "Stuff like that doesn't
happen in this area." Still, he said, "Around this country, it has always
been territorial."
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/10243515.htm?1c
Age culture in the jungles of Indochina. They just cannot fathom the
concept of something called PRIVATE PROPERTY. Of course the ACLU and all
their blue state whigger friends will come running to Charlie's defense and
make it look like it's all the fault of "tobacco-chewing, sister-screwing,
inbred trailer trash," right, Morris Sleeze?
http://www.kansascity.com/images/twincities/twincities/10246/104981273204.jpg
Mon, Nov. 22, 2004
Collision of cultures
Hmong and white hunters have had disputes in the woods.
Hunting is a tradition many Hmong have continued to pursue since resettling
here from Laos, though not always smoothly.
Some Hmong hunters in the Twin Cities say they have been targets of
harassment and intimidation. Some of their white counterparts complain that
the former refugees, used to unregulated hunting in their homeland,
sometimes fail to comply with modern hunting regulations and wildlife
management practices.
"A lot of these hunters are people who have a strong tradition in hunting,"
said Hmong activist Michael Yang of St. Paul, who joined friends looking for
deer on his first hunting trip a few weeks ago. "That was one of the bases
of survival back in the old days. You go out there in your farm fields and
hunt what you need."
Hunters of all kinds expressed shock Sunday at the arrest of Chai Vang of
St. Paul in shootings that killed five people and injured three during a
dispute over a deer stand in western Wisconsin. The natural resources
departments in Minnesota and Wisconsin, home to more than 75,000 Hmong
counted in the 2000 census, have both hired Hmong conservation officers to
help bridge the gap between Hmong hunting traditions and today's
regulations.
Lee Pao Xiong, a Hmong activist from St. Paul, said he stopped hunting on
public lands in Minnesota after an incident several years ago in which he
and two friends were hunting for squirrels. Two carloads of white hunters
suddenly pulled in to the spot where the three were camping and started
making harassing comments. Several other Hmong hunters overheard the
commotion, and the other hunters left when they realized they were
outnumbered.
Michael Yang said he hears Hmong hunters talking of discrimination and
taunts from other hunters. Hmong hunters have even been forced to take off
their clothes at gunpoint, he said.
"Definitely, there's a lot of friction," Michael Yang said.
Other hunters say they have had problems with Hmong hunters they have
encountered.
Maple Grove hunter Sandy Halvorson said some local hunters complain that
Hmong hunters have come onto private property to hunt and don't understand
property rights and bag limits.
"There's a problem with our system," she said, adding there should perhaps
be classes to teach hunting laws and traditions to immigrants trying to
obtain a license.
"There is a cultural difference between hunting in other countries and
hunting in the United States," she said.
Hunters are protective of their favorite spots, said Dusty Bosteder, a
hunter from Birchwood, Wis., near Rice Lake.
"I'm shocked," Bosteder said of the shootings. "Stuff like that doesn't
happen in this area." Still, he said, "Around this country, it has always
been territorial."
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/10243515.htm?1c