AMERICA'S Wild West has long been home to Indians, Hispanics and African Americans, but rarely have they felt the need to play up their ethnic ancestries. Now, though, that may all be changing. The ...

Family-style dinner at the Noriega Hotel includes cabbage soup, pickled tongue and bowls of spicy Basque salsa. Ann Summa There are a lot of reasons to go through Bakersfield, California, even if you ...

— -- The scene: Beneath the shiny veneer of mega-casino glitz and flashing neon, there is another, more authentic side to Reno. It can be seen in the cowboy-boot stores, the popular rodeos and ...

John Bieter never knew his grandfather. A Basque immigrant from Spain, his grandfather had died by the time his grandson was born in Idaho. But Bieter has found a way to connect with the world where ...

I have never really given a damn about my own mongrel ethnicity—I care about place, not race—and besides, there are many mysteries to which I don’t particularly want to know the answer. I heed Dr.

Welcome to “Boiseland,” a place that exists out of time and space and in the imagination of Basque artist Judas Arrieta. For many Basques, Boise holds a special place in their history. “Boise is like ...

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

After two years of canceled celebrations, Boise’s Basque Block will come alive this weekend with the sights, sounds and smells of northern Spain. Txantxangorriak musicians will fill the air with the ...

The Center for Basque Studies and the Jon Bilbao Basque Library are hosting Visions of a Basque American Westerner: An International Conference on the writings of Frank Bergon. The conference is ...