Tag: Basque diaspora
Day of the Diaspora 2023: a celebration of the Basques in...
The Day of the Diaspora: a celebration of the Basques held in Guernica and in every corner of the world, to honor or forebears and our present
100th anniversary of the birth of Francisco “Paco” Igartua, a Basque-Peruvian
Francisco Igartua, a leader in Peruvian journalism and a member of the Basque diaspora who was committed to his homeland, was born on September 5, 1923
A story about Basque dairy men in Argentina: La Vascongada
The story of La Vascongada, a dairy company founded by Basques in Argentina at the beginning of the 20th century, which is part of the cultural landscape of Argentina
How did a piece of the Basque Country end up in...
Journalist Rachel Roberts has recently published an article in the Idaho Statesman (which we've often cited on the blog) sharing the keys both to the important presence...
Basque footprints in Nevada…gastronomy and so much more
Author, photographer, and journalist Rob Kachelriess has just published a fascinating report on the culinary offerings to be found by visitors to Nevada on...
Two new “Guernica” murals in the Americas, thanks to the Basque...
Two Argentine Basque centers have commissioned murals of Picasso's "Guernica" as a way to share our history and existence as a people
Musician and researcher Josu Okiñena named a member of La Bascongada
Jos Okiñena, Basque composer and researcher, is named a member of La Bascongada in recognition for his work as a researcher into Basque musical cultural heritage
The Patagonian history of the Sagaseta family of Basques from Tudela,...
The Sagaseta patriarch reached Río Negro from Tudela in the 1920s, and was the start of a long and important family saga
Why there is a National Basque Sheepherder Monument in Reno
The 'Reno Gazette-Journal' has published an article by a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, Carmelo Urza, about the history and reasons behind the Basque Sheepherder Monument
Basque sheepherders’ arborglyphs in the Far West are a heritage that...
The National Archives is supporting three universities to collect and preserve the tree engravings of Basque sheepherders in the Far West