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		DEGA PEOPLE'S ORIGIN The Dega people of South Indochina (PMSIEN) of the Malayo-Polynesian were the first who ever reached and occupied the central of Vietnam, in the first century B.C. When our ancestors first arrived in the central of Vietnam, they set up their country along the coastal area.
		To the Montagnard DEGA point of view, the conference agreements were unfair, because the Montagnard Autonomy, sovereignty and integrity were crushed down and the Montagnard land illegally became a part of the Vietnam State.
		The Dega people acclaim the autonomous statute, but the Dega people deplore the way it was implemented with the intention of favoring the Vietnamese invaders to give Bao-Dai a throne, to protect French interests rather than to consolidate the autonomous system for the betterment of the Dega people.
	www.cwis.org /fwdp/Eurasia/dega.txt (10797 words)

	Montagnard Dega Association
		The Montagnard Dega Association (MDA) was established in 1987 as a Non-Profit Corporation in North Carolina by Montagnard (French for mountain people) Leaders in the United States.
		Montagnard Demonstration: In February of this year (2001) more than 20 thousand Montagnards in the Central Highlands of Vietnam went on strike against Vietnamese government asking for religious freedom and right of land.
		New Montagnard Refugees: In 1998, 40 new Montagnard refugees from Vietnam have resettled in North Carolina.
	www.angelfire.com /dc/dega (831 words)

	The Imperial Order of the Dragon
		Montagnard refugees in Cambodia and Vietnam and violations of the Refugee Convention.
		Peter Leupretch stated to the AP on 5 December 2003 that he has "reasons to believe that there are people in the highlands on the other side of the border who have a justified fear of persecution" by the Vietnamese government.
		Montagnards who are found to possess a mobile cell phone are immediately arrested and subject to severe punishment.
	www.orderofthedragon.homestead.com /christmas.html (2124 words)

	Vietleader? - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		Thousands of Vietnamese people and Montagnards were killed by the Vietnamese government and over one million people imprisoned in forced labor camps since 1975.
		The murder and harassment of villagers, enslavement of Montagnard hill tribes and brutal use of death threats by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops actually were so widespread that is it estimated thousands of civilians died at the hands of communist troops.
		The people of Vietnam - both the Vietnamese people and its numerous minorities and its indigenous people must not be ignored.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=5054 (5086 words)

	FAQ
		Montagnard self-determination and self-governance is the heritage of the Montagnard people.
		It is the Montagnard birthright to live in peace and freedom on the ancient, ancestral lands of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
		Montagnard land has been taken by the Vietnamese government, our people have experienced decades of contempt and discrimination, and they have rarely known happiness or the opportunity to develop their lives.
	www.mhro.org /faq.html (2002 words)

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		The Montagnards (French for "people of the mountains") have three strikes against them in Vietnam: They fought with the Americans in the Vietnam War, they have adopted Christianity and their traditional homeland has valuable natural resources.
		The Montagnard woman is reluctant to give her name because her grandson was killed in the civil rights protest, and the communists have placed a bounty on her son's head.
		The tragedy is that the Montagnard people, who fought bravely for their freedom and the American cause in Vietnam, suffered greatly after the war for their loyalty.
	www.paratrooper.net /commo/Topic170099-63-1.aspx (979 words)

	WorldNetDaily: The 'Million Montagnard March'
		Nay is referring to his people, the mountain tribes of the central highlands of Vietnam.
		He is one of only about 3,800 Montagnards now living in the U.S. During the Vietnam War, the Montagnards were estimated to number between one and a half and two million.
		The sun was brilliant and shining, the Washington Monument gleaming in the background to the west.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=22131 (2022 words)

	REPRESSION OF MONTAGNARDS
		Longstanding Montagnard grievances over land and unmet political aspirations dating back to the first and second Indochina wars were fueled by increasing repression of Protestant churches and confiscation and encroachment on Montagnard lands by new settlers.
		As the people approached, the police used lengths of barbed wire to hit the people, and also hit them with wooden batons and electric prods, causing many to be injured.
		Kok Ksor was born in 1944 in Bon Broai village in the present-day province of Gia Lai, Vietnam.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2002/vietnam/viet0402-10.htm (5180 words)

	MHRO
		Encouraging and supporting Montagnard students who are pursuing their higher education in order to provide educated leaders for the future for the Montagnard people.
		The Montagnard people were caught in the middle of the fighting and became victims of the conflict.
		In this war, a million Montagnard people were killed and eighty-five percent of Montagnard villages were destroyed or abandoned.
	www.mhro.org /mhro.html (623 words)

	REPRESSION OF MONTAGNARDS
		We represent the Dega people who are living in the collective village of X in Krong Ana district, Dak Lak province.
		Concerning the Montagnard students: After graduating from the same college or university with the Vietnamese students, Dega students have not been allowed to apply for any jobs in the government or apply for positions in their fields of study, because most of these Dega students belonged to the Protestant religion.
		People preach the word of God to us to give us new hope in our life, and they teach us not to provoke people and kill each other.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2002/vietnam/viet0402-27.htm (2012 words)

	Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, 6-18-98 Testimony
		Our tribal people have been cheated and discriminated against for years in Vietnam, but now we are being told we must bribe, cheat and split up our families so that some of us will have a chance for freedom in America.
		Hundreds and hundreds of our Montagnard people have been living for years and years without their wives or husbands, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters because the Vietnamese government is punishing our people.
		The Montagnards are the indigenous people of Malayo-Polynesian heritage.
	waysandmeans.house.gov /Legacy/trade/105cong/6-18-98/6-18nay.htm (1122 words)

	Montagnard Foundation, Inc. HOMEPAGE
		Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
		The Montagnard Foundation is in direct contact with our people throughout the Central Highlands, who with great risk to themselves continue to communicate with those of us who live in freedom in the United States.
		Montagnard Foundation President Kok Ksor states: “Today in Vietnam over 200 Montagnard, Degar people, are unjustly rotting in Vietnamese prisons.
	www.montagnard-foundation.org /homepage.html (674 words)

	Montagnard refugees from Vietnam in Cambodia
		It is the 400 Montagnards in two border camps who can provide detailed information about the ongoing genocide, and thus over whom the government of Vietnam is most anxious to regain control, and to silence.
		People were crowded together in plastic sheet shelters, sharing blankets and sleeping huts.
		We also explained our qualified reasons for believing that any Montagnards who were not accepted as refugees, and who would be forced against their will to return to Vietnam, might surely be murdered -- though perhaps "executed" would be a better choice of terms as their deaths would be by government sanction.
	www.bidness.com /dega/cjregan.html (3678 words)

	Montagnard action alert
		Montagnard people from Vietnam began crossing the border to Cambodia in early 2001, following unrest in the Central Highlands in February.
		Only 15 people have returned under U.N. auspices and some of those told journalists allowed a rare trip to the Central Highlands last month that they were worried about their safety and it was essential the UNHCR continue to visit them.
		Montagnard women continue to recount that during 1996-2001 Vietnamese authorities entered their villages daily to round up women of childbearing age and forced, bribed and threatened them to undergo surgical sterilization.
	www.bidness.com /dega/actionalert.html (12924 words)

	Montagnard refugees flee persecution, face punishment if returned to Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the morning of February 2, a representative from Save the Montagnard People advised that the three Montagnards had been moved to Phnom Penh, where H'Rin Enuol sent a fax to her relative in North Carolina.
		On February 6, a source in Cambodia advised a representative from Save the Montagnard People that the three refugees were still in Phnom Penh and that the UNHCR claimed to have interviewed the refugees, saying that they had "volunteered" for repatriation.
		According to a representative from Save the Montagnard People, the three refugees are in their twenties, and escaped from the Ban Me Thuot area of Vietnam.
	vikingphoenix.com /news/stn/2000/stn2000-007.htm (1035 words)

	AsianWeek.com: National News: Vietnam Veterans Help Bring Some 900 Montagnard Refugees to North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Years later, the relationship between Special Forces veterans and the Montagnard people helps explain why more than 900 Montagnards are coming to North Carolina this summer from refugee camps in Cambodia.
		The Montagnards’ alliance with the Americans — and the fact that many had been converted to Christianity by missionaries — made life more difficult for them after Vietnam was unified under communist rule in 1975.
		While many at the picnic talked about the plight of the Montagnards through the years, others looked to the future — especially the future of the young Montagnards at the picnic ground, dressed in baggy jeans and baseball caps.
	www.asianweek.com /2002_06_07/news_montagnard.html (811 words)

	Montagnard05
		An organization dedicated to the preservation of the Indigenous People of Vietnam’s Central Highlands is urgently calling on the international community to stop the imminent process of forced repatriation of more than 100 Montagnard-Degar asylum seekers from Cambodia to Vietnam.
		The Spartanburg, South Carolina-based Montagnard Foundation says the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Cambodia has not granted refugee status to over 100 Montagnards who have fled to Cambodia for fear of the well-documented repression carried by the Vietnamese Government towards the Montagnard people after the 2001 and 2004 demonstrations.
		Finally the Montagnard Foundation calls on the US Government "to act vigorously and without hesitation to implement the respect of human, civil, political, and indigenous rights of the Montagnard people" following the summit between President Bush and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, and request the opening of the Central Highlands of Vietnam to international monitors.
	across.co.nz /Montagnard05.html (381 words)

	Ed Sprague's Montagnard Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The following photos, taken by Ed, are snapshots into the lives of the Montagnards during the Vietnam war.
		The Montagnards in Vietnam reside mostly in the central highlands.
		Webmaster's note: Please visit: Save The Montagnard* People (STMP) Lots of information about the plight of the Montagnard people, their ethnic cleansing by the Communist Viet Government, and the callous inattention to this tragedy by the US Government.
	www.thespecialforce.com /Montagnard/montagnard_page.htm (126 words)

	Fate of Montagnard refugees in doubt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The occupants of the house told the UNHCR rep that they knew the three Montagnards, they arrived in Phnom Penh on their own, and were not in Cambodian Government custody.
		The efforts led by representatives of Save the Montagnard People were aimed directly at the Government of Cambodia, the U.S. Department of State, United Nations refugee officials in Cambodia (UNHCR) and the White House.
		Regardless of the real reasons for the flight of the three Montagnards the Vietnamese government may be relied upon to make life miserable for the three refugees and if necessary will invent pretexts for official action and bring charges.
	vikingphoenix.com /news/stn/2000/stn2000-008.htm (883 words)

	Welcome To Montagnard Dega Association Home Page
		These Montagnards are former prisoners having spent at least 3 years in Vietnam Re-education Camps or they are families who have Ameri-Asian children (children born with American blood).
		Montagnard Bracelet medium size: $20.00/item; Big Size: $30.00/item
		Our Address:Please be aware of the Montagnard Dega Association's new address now is 3116 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27405.
	www.angelfire.com /mo/mdadega (638 words)

	Save the Montagnard People, Inc.
		We have created this website to provide information about the Montagnard people, their history and their fight for survival.
		Hello all, I am sorry it has been a while since an update but we have great news.
		First and foremost we have had several hundred Montagnards arrive in North Carolina.
	www.montagnards.org (146 words)

	Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A website that provides information about the Montagnard people, their history and
		The Montagnard Foundation brings human rights grievances to the attention of the
		General information about the Montagnard people and culture.
	www.montagnards.com /links.htm (93 words)

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