Lucy Vue
Public Speaking NE 11A.M
Janet Nobles
Informative Speech Outline
Objective: To inform
To inform the audience about a history background of the Hmong people.

Intro: I have a lot of people asking me this question every time they finished asking me what nationality I am. What is Hmong? That triggers me! Sometimes it is heard for me to answer them because I don’t know the real answer to it and I would just say “we are Asian, we don’t have a country and we are not Mongolian.” This question, what is Hmong finally led me to research on my own people history, therefore I finally found out interesting information. I. What is Hmong? a) Hmong are an ethnic group from the mountain regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. b) The Hmong claim an origin in the Yellow River region of China. In Martha Ratliff’s 2004 book, Vocabulary of Environment and Subsistence in Proto-language, there is linguistic evidence to suggest that they have occupied the same areas of southern China for at least the past 2,000 years. c) 'Miao' people, a group with whom Hmong people are often identified. II. Hmong Rituals and Culture a) An article in www. Pbs.org stated about the Hmong religion is traditionally animist. According to Hmong cosmology, the human body is the host for a number of souls. The isolation and separation of one or more of these souls from the body can cause disease, depression and death. Curing rites are therefore referred to as "soul-calling rituals". Whether the soul became separated from the body because it was frightened away or kidnapped by an evil force, it must return in order to restore the integrity of life. Many rituals we include are trance, string-tying, and funeral. b) Hmong tell stories through cloths called paj ntaub. Their textiles are intricately sewn designs composed of appliqué, cross-stitches, batik and embroidery. Paj ntaub grew out of an effort to teach written language to the Hmong. Paj ntaub reflects how the medium of an old tradition continues to be used to tell a modern story of Hmong history and culture. III. Hmong Emigrants a) During the Vietnam War, Hmong worked alongside the U.S. CIA in their fight against the North Vietnamese in what has been called a "secret war” in Laos. Their assistance on what was supposed to be neutral territory resulted in problems for Hmong veterans on several different levels. b) After the South Vietnam fell to North Vietnamese forces, the war ended. Laos was taken over by Pathet Lao communist forces and the Hmong were targeted for revenges because of their support of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia. c) Vue, Vang Pao. Personal Interview. 2 Feb 24 2016. With my father, he came to the United Sates and settle in MN in the late 1970s at the age 9. Hmong and other Laotian escaped to Thailand, where they were placed in refugee camps. Upon resettlement to the United States, the Hmong immigrants achieved refugee status largely because of their war efforts on behalf of the Americans as well as their need to escape the communist regime in Laos.
Conclusion: In conclusion, these top three information mention about the Hmong history, I hope that in the future when people or others to ask me what kind of nationality I am; when I say the word “Hmong” they will know what Hmong is. Remember we are Asian and originally from southern China, we believe in spiritual world, and we immigrant to the United States for peace!