Basque American Stories
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Basque: Innovation by Culture / 2.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2016 July 02
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2016, Item SFF2016_0702_Basque_Euskaldunak_Dialogues_0002
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Argia Beristain (presenter); Martin Goicoeineq; Soma Castanon; Gegona Echeveria (participants) Basques headed for the United States followed paths of previous generations to Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, and California, building reputations as reliable workers in sheepherding communities. These men spent months in the Sierra Nevadas or the Great Basin with no company other than a dog and a thousand sheep. Returning to cities such as San Francisco, Boise, Reno, Elko, Nevada, and Buffalo, Wyoming, they found comfort in Basque boardinghouses where they could see friends and family, enjoy a familiar meal, and speak their own language. Today, the range of first- to sixth-generation Basque Americans has set deep roots. Now ranch owners, entrepreneurs, and representatives in state and national politics, Basques are essential members of their hometowns. Come hear their stories in this narrative session!