Euskal Kazeta is following Isabel Zialcita regularly on her challenging journey to learn the language of her ancestors. Isabel is a Basque Filipina living in Los Angeles, studying international relations. Isabel has been studying Euskera, or Basque, for the past few months, using the BOGA method developed by the Basque government. Recently, she decided to buy some Basque cookbooks: The [...]

Former Idaho Secretary of State Pete Cenarrusa has gifted his extensive collection of papers to Boise State University’s Albertsons Library. Cenarrusa, a leading figure in the Basque community in the United States, was secretary of state from 1967 to 2002. Prior to that, he served in the Idaho Legislature for 17 years. Cenarrusa was honored Thursday Oct. 19 at a [...]

This is one in a series of Euskal Kazeta reports leading up to Jaialdi 2010. View Jaialdi 2010 in a larger map Click on the blue “Jaialdi 2010″ link above to view locations of Jaialdi 2010 venues and hotels. Click on hotel icons for information about Jaialdi group rates and links to hotel web pages. Visitors to next summer’s Jaialdi [...]

This is one in a series of Euskal Kazeta reports leading up to Jaialdi 2010. Organizers of Jaialdi 2010 are looking for sponsors for several marquee events to be held this summer at the international Basque festival. The huge festival will be held in Boise from July 28 to Aug. 1, 2010. Organizers are looking for sponsors for the following [...]

When it comes to handball in the United States, you can’t help but think about the Basque people.

By Nancy Zubiri José Ramón Cengotitabengoa is a driven man. Especially when it comes to promoting the Basque identity. Cengotitabengoa spearheaded the movement to erect the Monument to the Basque Sheepherder in Reno, Nevada in 1989. He was also behind the building of a traditional Basque fishing boat, the Trainera Ameriketatik, which was a gift to the Basque Country from [...]

California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, the grandson of Basque immigrants, will resign his state post and be sworn in Thursday Nov. 5 in a ceremony in the House of Representatives after winning an election for a northern California Congressional seat. The 63-year-old Democrat captured 53 percent of the vote against Republican David Harmer, who had 43 percent, in the Nov. [...]

Basque Sheepherder Carvings in the Sierras from Euskal Kazeta Basque News on Vimeo. Across the West, Basque immigrants worked as sheepherders from 1800s to the 1960s. During the summer months, sheepherders would trail with their sheep up into the mountain ranges, where fresh water streams and lush pastures were abundant. They sought out the aspen groves, because they knew they [...]