Introduction : "Will they eat me?" -- pt. I. Journeys -- 1. Leaving : Chamy Thor -- 2. What makes the Hmong, Hmong -- 3. Keeper of the past : Mai Xiong -- 4. Feast and famine -- 5. Five thousand years, ten thousand miles : the Hmong -- pt. II. Hmong world : that was then -- 6. Old royalty : Ly Vong Lynaolu -- 7. An argument with the Stone Age : Chamy Thor -- pt. III. New world : America the difficult -- 8. A death : Ly Vong Lynaolu -- 9. Ties that bind : Hmongtown, U.S.A. -- 10. Kids astray : Sai Sue Lor -- pt. IV. Middle world : being Hmong in America -- 11. A change of mind : Lue Vang, Pang Foua Yang Rhodes -- 12. Choosing a path : Mai Xia Cha -- 13. A different path : the children of Long -- 14. Buried treasure : Mai Xiong -- 15. Peb Hmoob, We Hmong : Chamy Thor -- App. A. Hmong language and names -- App. B. Child-rearing study.