Every year hundredschild marriage held inRajasthan, Indiaon a particular day known as Akha teej or Aksay tritya.    From Wordnik.com.  [Husband gunned down his minor wife for not staying with him] Reference

The houses, the same simple wooden structures the Akha have built for generations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East] Reference

They're a cross between the Lisu, the Hmong, and the Lahu, with a touch of Akha added in.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Interview with Mischa Berlinski] Reference

MAWAI (Farmer): (Through translator) Twenty or 30 years ago, many Akha were still animists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East] Reference

(Soundbite of barking dogs) SULLIVAN: In this Akha village, the dogs are suspicious but the people friendly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East] Reference

The ethnic Shan majority tend to live in the lowlands; the Akha, high in the mountains; and the ethnic Lahu and the Wa somewhere in between.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East] Reference

Many are ethnic minorities such as Lisu, Shan and Akha; some wear traditional dress, including a few Akha women with striking head coverings dripping silver ornaments.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Moveable Feast] Reference

Akha. org continues to post a review of Harry's book.    From Wordnik.com.  [FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand] Reference

Thank you for your interest in the story of the Akha people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salem-News.com] Reference

In Thailand the missions do it to thousands of Akha children.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Photown News] Reference

We then several other villages Akha, Luiso, Karen & Bigears villages.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

There are six major hill tribes in Thailand: the Karen, Akha, Lahu, Mien.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

Like parents anywhere, Akha adults want a better life for their children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News from The Gainesville Sun] Reference

First, from here, we visited the Hill tribes of the Akha and Karen people.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

(SALEM, Ore.) - August will mark 20 years working for the Akha hill tribe in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salem-News.com] Reference

She was volunteering at the Akha village teaching English at the local school.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

But the effort, he said, is worth the increased attention he can draw to the Akha.    From Wordnik.com.  [News for WSLS 10] Reference

The group included Michu, an Akha from Thailand, and their five children ages 3-9 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salem-News.com] Reference

It is a mission, Ferguson explains, that now serves both the university and the Akha tribe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News from The Gainesville Sun] Reference

McDaniel says the Queen of Thailand took 15,000 acres of land from the impoverished Akha tribe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local Headlines - ABC 13] Reference

Poe and I have the Akha village tribe of Northern Thailand and Haddonfield, New Jersey in common.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

The Akha children are stateless refugees, as they are not recognized as Thai or Chinese citizens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News from The Gainesville Sun] Reference

McDaniel's two main soapboxes: government takeover of Akha land and exploitation of Akha children.    From Wordnik.com.  [News for WSLS 10] Reference

With that in mind, any effort he can put forth to the fight is more support than the Akha had been getting.    From Wordnik.com.  [News for WSLS 10] Reference

They told the Akha story to thousands of Americans personally and were on numerous TV shows and in local newspapers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salem-News.com] Reference

The missions in Thailand take the Akha kids, then make a great living by raising money through donors for these kids.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Photown News] Reference

Although the Akha were not directly affected by the tsunami, living in mountainous northern Thailand, life for them is hard-scrabble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News from The Gainesville Sun] Reference

We then trekked to the Akha tribe village where we would stay but they didn't want us to take any photos and didn't want to speak to us.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

No doubt that will prove to be a major barrier to employment for any graduate of the Oregon University System who tries to find a job in an Akha village.    From Wordnik.com.  [portland indymedia - features] Reference

So we did not ride elephants or cook rice in bamboo, but we had a great time meeting new people from all over the world in the rural village tribe of Akha.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

We are joined by volunteers from around the world, and we also encourage people to share the work by starting their own projects to bolster the Akha cause.    From Wordnik.com.  [portland indymedia - features] Reference

Their blog, which starts here, also alleges that Haugland is involved with an organized program to deprive Akha kids of their culture ... and maybe something more sinister!.    From Wordnik.com.  [portland indymedia - features] Reference

The State Board of Higher Education make a formal, public and written published apology to the Akha people for the sterilizations of Akha women that were conducted as part of this.    From Wordnik.com.  [portland indymedia - features] Reference

08-28-2005 - Akha activist Matthew McDaniel, from Salem talked with us about his human rights activism in SE Asia.    From Wordnik.com.  [portland indymedia - features] Reference

She either took the Akha land or didn't.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

According to some estimates, there are as many as 400,000 Karen, 70,000 Akha, 150,000.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference