Basque Americans

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Basque Americans are an ethnic minority in the United States and Canada. There are small numbers of Basques in British Columbia, Quebec, and the eastern seaboard in Canada. Basques are present in every state of the United States, but are concentrated in California, Idaho, and Nevada. Basques are particularly noted for an identification with sheepherding and are often present in the open-range livestock districts of all thirteen states of the American West.

Identifier

Region

• North America

Subregion

• Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Subsistence Type

• pastoralists

Countries

• United States