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Basques have been living in Northern Nevada for over a century and form a population of several thousand. Basque immigrants first came in the mid-1800s during the Gold rush. The Basques have also been closely-tied to sheep herding in Nevada and neighboring states. The Basque-American culture is especially prominent in the town of Winnemucca.
The Basque Diaspora (Basque Studies Program, University of Nevada, Reno). Etulain, Richard W., and Jeronima Echeverria, eds. Portraits of Basques in the New World (U of Nevada Press, 1999). Lasagabaster, David. "Basque diaspora in the USA and language maintenance." Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29.1 (2008): 66–90. online
Pages in category "Basque-American culture in Nevada" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The city of Bakersfield has a large Basque community and the city has several Basque restaurants, including Noriega's which won the 2011 James Beard Foundation America's Classic Award. There is a history of Basque culture in Chino, California. In Chino, two annual Basque festivals celebrate the dance, cuisine, and culture of the peoples.
During the 1570s, the Basque fisheries in America employed more than 6000 people and required more than 200 ships. [1] In Buitres, 900 sailors come aboard 15 ships every summer. [1] The surplus oil production is sold in England. However, most historians still note a gradual decline in whaling, while other scholars argue shows that it was sudden ...
Reno, Nevada After 71 years in business, Santa Fe Basque closed its doors for the last time in Reno in summer 2020, citing a drop in business from a lack of downtown events due to the pandemic ...
Winnemucca (/ ˌ w ɪ n ə ˈ m ʌ k ə / ⓘ) is the only incorporated city in, and is the county seat of Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 8,431, [6] up 14.0 percent from the 2010 census figure of 7,396. Interstate 80 passes through the city, where it meets U.S. Route 95.
The town’s Basque inhabitants abandoned everything, the Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi said in a Nov. 14 release. The ancient inhabitants left thousands of years ago, but to archaeologists the ...