Basque Country School System
name: label: Collection Creator
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 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2016, Item SFF2016_0710_Basque_Euskaldunak_Dialogues_0008
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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: Mia Engle; Amaia Ladrero; Lurdana Acasuso; Samine Irgoien Arin (participants) The transmission and use of Euskara has been banned or undervalued for many years, putting it on the threshold of extinction. But after forty years of strong commitment and hard work by individuals and political associations, around 943,000 people use Basque worldwide. The inclusion of Basque language in the education system has led to the rejuvenation and growth of the number of speakers, and it has strengthened assurance of continuity of the language. Come join a discussion on the integration of Basque into the county school system and how that has changed its trajectory.