Comments on: The forest tribe http://antonyloewenstein.com/2007/02/10/the-forest-tribe/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: michael http://antonyloewenstein.com/2007/02/10/the-forest-tribe/comment-page-1/#comment-77521 michael Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:16:24 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2007/02/10/the-forest-tribe/#comment-77521 There are more Miao than New Zealanders - about 10 million spread across SE Asia where they are also known as Hmong in countries like Vietnam and Thailand. I presume this blog is referring to the Miao in one particular village. As for the claim that they are the last gun toting tribe, well just look at this <a href="http://drjosephrock.blogspot.com/2004/12/tibetan-hunter-sanyanlong-2004.html" rel="nofollow">Pumi tribesman</a> I saw in Sichuan a while back. They all carry flintlock rifles copied from the British. <a href="http://drjosephrock.blogspot.com/2004/12/tibetan-hunter-sanyanlong-2004.html" rel="nofollow">http://drjosephrock.blogspot.com/2004/12/tibetan-...</a> There are more Miao than New Zealanders – about 10 million spread across SE Asia where they are also known as Hmong in countries like Vietnam and Thailand.

I presume this blog is referring to the Miao in one particular village. As for the claim that they are the last gun toting tribe, well just look at this Pumi tribesman I saw in Sichuan a while back. They all carry flintlock rifles copied from the British.

http://drjosephrock.blogspot.com/2004/12/tibetan-…

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