Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Laotian Americans are Americans who were originally from Laos, a person of Laotian descent residing in America. Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian Americans. The major immigrant generation were generally refugees who escaped Laos during the warfare and disruption of the 1970s, and entered refugee camps in Thailand across the Mekong River. They emigrated to the United States during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.Although many Hmong people and Iu Mien are from Laos, they have a distinct culture, language and ethnicity, and identify as different ethnic groups. They generally identify as Hmong Americans and Iu Mien American, rather than Lao Americans. The "national origin" category of Laotian American, which is different from ethnic groups, includes all ethnic groups who lived within the borders of Laos, such as the Hmong, ethnic Chinese, ethnic Vietnamese, and ethnic French or other Europeans.. }
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- Laotian_American abstract "Laotian Americans are Americans who were originally from Laos, a person of Laotian descent residing in America. Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian Americans. The major immigrant generation were generally refugees who escaped Laos during the warfare and disruption of the 1970s, and entered refugee camps in Thailand across the Mekong River. They emigrated to the United States during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.Although many Hmong people and Iu Mien are from Laos, they have a distinct culture, language and ethnicity, and identify as different ethnic groups. They generally identify as Hmong Americans and Iu Mien American, rather than Lao Americans. The "national origin" category of Laotian American, which is different from ethnic groups, includes all ethnic groups who lived within the borders of Laos, such as the Hmong, ethnic Chinese, ethnic Vietnamese, and ethnic French or other Europeans.".