Foreword by Lourdes Arguelles
Oral culture and multicultural education
Living the vision of oral culture in modern society
Oral culture and written culture together in one society
The Mong oral tradition and cultural practices
Theories of Mong origin
Mong oral cultural tradition
Mong oral culture practices
Farming
Parenting
Rituals and customary traditional values
Mong society and sociocultural settings
The Mong kinship system
Cultural identity
The environment
Social gatherings
Oral tradition as a source of knowledge
Traditional stories
Songs
Sacred chanting songs
Funeral and wedding songs
Soul calling songs
Ritualistic secret language chanting songs
American education and the transformation of the Mong community
The loss of the oral tradition custom's values
Language and culture loss
Religious conflict.

The stories of Mong elders
Elder Boua Tong Yang
Elder Lee Xiong
Elder Nhia Cha Yang
Elder Jer Thao
Elder Xai Dang Moua
Elder Phoua Her
Elder Chong Yer Thao
Elder Mai Vang
Elder Cha Shoua Hang
Elder Chai Xiong
Elder Tong Yao Her
Elder Ying Yang
Elder Xao Cheng Lee
Keeping oral culture alive through the Mong elders
Mong oral tradition and culture elements
Understanding the interconnectedness of Mong oral culture
Afterword by Marianne Pennekamp.