Tag: Basques in the Americas
Rafael Anchia, a Democrat of Basque origin in the Texas legislature
Rafael Anchia, a Democrat of Basque origin in the Texas legislatureRafael «Rafa» Anchia is the son of a Basque pelota player from Markina and...
From Argentina—Basque: a language that is part of local history
Many places around the world, wherever there are Basques or friends of Basques, celebrated the International Day of the Basque Language, the Euskararen Nazioarteko Eguna,...
120 years of the birth of Martín Elorza, a key figure...
A few months ago, we brought you a blog entry on the epic work of the Basque Passionists in the Peruvian Amazon jungle, heroic...
The Surprising Basque Festival in North American France
Our English-language edition editor here at About Basque Country spent a few days this past summer in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. He’s written a bit of a...
The New England Basque Club is taking the Basque language to...
We've blogged about the New England Basque Club on other occasions. It's a group of Basques and friends of Basques that is active and imaginative. ...
Selma Huxley, the woman who showed epic journey of Basque whalers...
We've written a lot about how Basque whalers "lighted" Europe with the oil from the whales they captured off of modern-day Canada. They were...
National Geographic explores the “Basque soul” of Idaho
National Geographic has dedicated many articles to the Basques over its more than a century of publishing. We've collected a few of them on...
Today, November 2, marks the start of the 2019 National Basque...
Today, the Argentine daily La Nueva out of Bahía Blanca has published an article reporting that the city's Basque Center, the Unión Vasca Sociedad de Socorros...
Hiru Erreka, the history of a Basque Center in Argentina is...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
The Argentine daily La Voz del Pueblo, published in Tres Arroyos, has just published an article by Stella Maris Gil discussing...
Blaine County, where the Basques watched sheep and carved their story...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
In the past few days, we've found a lot of references to Basques in southern Idaho, specifically those...