- When the French withdrew from Vietnam and recognized a Vietnamese sovereignty, Montagnard political independence was drastically diminished.
- Part of the communist strategy for victory in the South depended on driving a wedge between the Montagnards and the Government of Vietnam.
- Who were the original people of Vietnam?
- Why did the Hmong fight in the Vietnam War?
- How did the Montagnard people become refugees?
- Clark was one of many special operations warriors who fought alongside the formidable Montagnard people during the Vietnam War.
- The term Montagnard means “mountain people” in French and is a carryover from the French colonial period in Vietnam.
- During the Vietnam War, American Special Forces sought out the help of the Indigenous Montagnard peoples of Vietnam.
- Very little has been done in response to the ongoing marginalization and repression of ethnic Montagnards in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
- Ronald Shakleton led the first Special Forces team sent to South Vietnam to advise the Montagnards in setting up village defense systems.
- In Vietnam the Montagnards include speakers of Mon-Khmer languages such as the Bahnar, Mnong, and Sedang and speakers of Austronesian...
- The indigenous peoples of Vietnam’s Central Highlands are often referred to as “Montagnard” or Mountain People.
