At Boise State University, it is not uncommon for students to take a class in Basque Studies sometime in their college career. Students may even earn a minor in Basque studies at Boise State. Only a few universities offer these unique courses in the U.S. The Basque studies program at Boise State is a multidisciplinary study of the Basque people while exploring language, history, politics, and economics to foster lifelong learning. “Euskaldunak,” is what the Basque call themselves which means, “one who speaks Basque.”
The Basque country runs along the 43th parallel at the Western edge of the Pyrenees Mountains which is about the same parallel as Boise. It is made up of seven provinces in France and Spain. About three million people live in …show more content…
to work as sheepherders, as many English and Scottish had sheep and needed help in Europe so that is what a lot of them did in America. Glorianna Cortabitarte, a Spanish teacher who is also from Basque descent, said, “My father came over to America to work with the sheep in Idaho. We’ve been here ever since.”
Euskara is the Basque language which has existed for several thousand years. The roots are unknown because it is not related to any other spoken language today. Euskara has eight regional dialects and 24 subdialects. The unified Euskara was created in 1968 to unify the Basque Language according to the Basque Studies department at Boise State. This marked the recovery of the Basque language which brought its gradual impact on education. It has been preserved through generations.
In 1938, Jon Bilbao, who was a University instructor and activist for Basque Nationalism was invited to speak at Boise State University by the history department to give a presentation on the Basques in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. In 1974, Pat Beiter, a professor at Boise State for 40 years gathered a group of students to travel to Onati in the Basque Country and Boise State established its first Basque study abroad program according to Basque Studies at Boise
The Basque country runs along the 43th parallel at the Western edge of the Pyrenees Mountains which is about the same parallel as Boise. It is made up of seven provinces in France and Spain. About three million people live in …show more content…
to work as sheepherders, as many English and Scottish had sheep and needed help in Europe so that is what a lot of them did in America. Glorianna Cortabitarte, a Spanish teacher who is also from Basque descent, said, “My father came over to America to work with the sheep in Idaho. We’ve been here ever since.”
Euskara is the Basque language which has existed for several thousand years. The roots are unknown because it is not related to any other spoken language today. Euskara has eight regional dialects and 24 subdialects. The unified Euskara was created in 1968 to unify the Basque Language according to the Basque Studies department at Boise State. This marked the recovery of the Basque language which brought its gradual impact on education. It has been preserved through generations.
In 1938, Jon Bilbao, who was a University instructor and activist for Basque Nationalism was invited to speak at Boise State University by the history department to give a presentation on the Basques in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. In 1974, Pat Beiter, a professor at Boise State for 40 years gathered a group of students to travel to Onati in the Basque Country and Boise State established its first Basque study abroad program according to Basque Studies at Boise