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Cultural gap puts wedge between Hmong, white hunters.
Byline: Vikki Ortiz
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. _ The first time Joe Bee Xiong hunted for small game in Wisconsin, he shot a porcupine and immediately started a small fire near the animal's carcass to burn off the quills.
That would not have raised an eyebrow in the mountains of Laos, where Xiong grew up and learned to hunt. But his actions in Wisconsin caught the attention of a Department of Natural Resources warden, who gave Xiong a $117 citation _ for unlawfully shooting a beaver out of season.
"I didn't speak English, so I didn't know what's a `beaver' and what's a `porcupine,'" said Xiong, now executive director of the Hmong/American Friendship Association in Eau Claire, Wis. He reluctantly paid the fine because he had no way of explaining to ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Cultural gap puts wedge between Hmong, white hunters.