This summer, visitors to the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will explore the unique language and distinct heritage of the Basque people. “Basque: Innovation by Culture” will feature musicians, ...

The million-odd Basques in northern Spain are Spaniards mainly by geography. As one of Europe’s oldest national minorities,*they have fought for centuries to keep their identity distinct from their ...

Their numbers may be small, but Basques and their descendants have left an indelible mark on Nevada — so much so that the theme of the 34th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko is “Basques & ...

This story originally appeared in the Boise Weekly. For the first time in over a decade, thousands of people from around the world will gather in Boise’s Basque Block to celebrate Jaialdi. The six-day ...

Some U.S. cities have become practically synonymous with the ethnic and religious groups who have settled there, such as the proud Irish Americans of Boston’s “Southie” neighborhood (see also: every ...

Over a thousand people gathered in Boise’s Basque Block for the third day of Jaialdi. The Basque Block became a meeting ground for Basques, Basque-Americans and people who just wanted to join in on ...

Boise has waited 10 long years for this. Jaialdi is back and will be bigger than ever, starting Tuesday, July 29, and running until Sunday, Aug. 3. The COVID-19 pandemic sidelined the ...

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Bill Fitzhugh maps the blacksmith’s shop’s floor, 2008. The Smithsonian research vessel PItsuilak rides at anchor in the bay. Fitzhugh and his team live aboard the boat, which takes its name from the ...

Open to all writing in English that has not been or is in the process of being published elsewhere and has as its subject the Basques, Basque culture, the life of the Basques around the world, or ...