The Basques are a unique population in Western Europe; their language is not related to any Indo-European language. Furthermore, genetically speaking, they have been considered to have distinct ...

THE Basques or Euskaldunak (i.e. “the Men”), as they call themselves, are a most remarkable people who have long been an interesting problem to ethnologists. The most anomalous point about the Basques ...

BOISE, Idaho - Generations after Basques from Spain and France came to work in the West's sheep camps and boarding houses, their descendants can hear their voices and glimpse their faces on the ...

ROCK SPRINGS - Where there were sheep, there were Basques. It was true in Wyoming 100 years ago, and remains the same today. Although "Basque Country" consists of a small region between the Pyrenees ...

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 ...

Mark Kurlansky is the author of "The Basque History of the World" (Penguin, 2001), among other books. His new book, "Boogaloo on Second Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music," will be published ...

Politics and food are some of the long-lasting marks that Basque immigrants have made on Nevada, and both will be on display at a Republican event in Northern Nevada today. Republicans are gathering ...