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Whilst sharing similarities to the title of the unreleased “Hayward, WI”, the nature and purpose of the track diverges radically. Minnesota, WI touches on the experiences of the Hmong People who were “relocated” when the Chinese built the Three Gorges Dam. The dam flooded the valley where they’d lived for many generations, forcing them to disperse into other areas, one of which being Minnesota and Wisconsin. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 66,000 ethnic Hmong in Minneapolis-St.