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The stories of the Basques engraved in the poplars of the...

This Idaho carving from 1975 lists the name, Jose Maria Eizaguirre, and the hometown, Amoroto, of the carver. Amoroto is located in the Bizkaia province in Basque Country, where about 90 percent of Idaho Basques emigrated from, says John Bieter. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We’ve spoken before about the arboglyphs on our blog: an extraordinary, and perishable, heritage the Basques who went...

Hilarión Sarrionandia: the Basque who wrote the first grammar of the...

Pedro Hilarión Sarrionandia Linaza
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The land of Rif, where the Riffians live, in modern-day Morocco, is a land of sad memories for...

Suakai plays the music from “Game of Thrones” surrounded by Navarrese...

Restos del castillo de Amaiur
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Suakai is a truly interesting project.  It brings together a large number of professional Navarrese musicians and offers...

From Ireland, 1975: a terrible year for the Basques

El dictador Franco en su última aparición pública el 1 de octubre de 1975, rodeado de las autoridades de su régimen
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Stewart Reddin is a member of the Irish Stoneybatter & Smithfield People’s History Project, as well as being...

Viewpoints: The El Pobal forge in Biscay

Un detalle de la fragua de la Ferrería de El Pobal
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Basques and iron have been joined since time immemorial.  Until the Industrial Revolution, the production of iron was...

The king of an island in the Moluccas who, in the...

  This article was translated by John R. Bopp We found this story so interesting that we just jumped at the chance to break the rules and...

Bilbao – Moscow – Buenos Aires: the story of a Basque...

Marina Gonzalez de Apodaca, una niña de la guerra de Bilbao que fue a la URSS y acabó en Argentina
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Our regular readers know how interested we are in the Basque war children, those young boys and girls...

A Norwegian sea dog in Bilbao’s Norway

A Norwegian sea dog in Bilbao's Norway
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Unai Aranzadi is again collaborating with our blog bringing us a look into one of the most colorful...

The abolition of Basque freedoms in the Northern Basque Country, a...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Talitha Ilacqua is a specialist in Basque and French history, and a doctoral candidate at King’s College in...

An homage and recognition of the Basque contribution to the “cowboy...

Bertsolariak at the National Basque Festival in Elko. Photo by Meg Glaser.
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Upgrade:  List of participants. BASQUE, BASQUE-AMERICAN and OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS At the end of January 2018, the 34th Annual...