we lost 50% of our men within three or four days. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. >> c-span cities tour is in reno, nevada to highlight its history. next we hear about reno's basque population at the center for basque studies at the university of nevada, reno. >> [speaking spanish] >> welcome to the center for basque studies. the center was created in 1967. it is now 52 years old. originally part of the institute to study immigration to the desert. after that, it slowly progressed into what we have today, a

center for western studies, which main goal is to study the basque culture in the americas, specifically in nevada and other states of the union. most basque people are located in the american west, from naomi colorado, wyoming to nevada and california. >> the basque country is located in the day if this guy -- bay of less 80% ofmore of the country. 20% of the country is not of the pyrenees. -in the south of england, so the bay of biscay is in between basque country and inclined. we know more or less 60,000

people in the u.s. call themselves basque. this is based on census data. at the same time, we know there is a larger population of basque . we know that also because there are more basques that participate in the census. the largest community in the u.s. is in the san francisco bay area. the second-largest one is in boise, idaho. we are in the third largest area of basque population. nevada has what is called a basque capital of nevada, which is in northeast nevada. strong also have a community of basque. interestingost parts of our basque collection

is the photograph collection. we host around 25,000 items in covering allon, kinds of activities of basque people, both here in the diaspora and in the old country. 25,000, around 5000 are now available online in our data collections, so anyone can reach them and take a look. here we have a selection that covers some of the activities or toions that are more related basques in the west. the first basque driving to the west were the l2 very brothers -- the altuve brother. the first basque arriving to the west through argentina.

first groups of basque were closely connected to sheep herding. sheep herding was the main activity for a long time for basques in the west. arriving in the 1960's on boats were sheepherders. we have a picture related to the sierraty in nevada with a sheepherder taking care of the sheep, with the help of the dog. basque sheepherder dogs are quite famous in the area. the -- flocks are much smaller, but they are in such open landscapes there, it is more mountainous than here, so s

heep need help. sheepdogs tos the west. talking about activities related to sheep herding, in the late 1980's, a group of people here in reno decided it was important to keep the memory of sheep herding alive. it was an activity that was disappearing for basques. , 1970's, sorlier the arrival of flagship herders to the west. decidedmunity in reno to build a monument to the basque sheepherder. one of the first is this is outside sheep herding for basque

is managing boarding houses. the newcomers who arrived at the first contact with society around them. services. a note of they will provide bed and breakfast and food. then they will provide services english.ing letters in houses in reno, and generally in the west were near the railways and the station. why? there was a place where newcomers were arriving. attracte trying to newcomers. usually they knew where they

were arriving. it means they were going to this place with someone, or going to this boarding house. railways forr the old comers and newcomers. a well-known basque activity in the west is basque festivals. every year around summer, places will host a basque festival organized by the local basque club. here in reno, we have the basque club . it is in relation to the number -- this is a call to unity. seven are one, let's be together. it is an unusual name for basque clubs.

club organizes the basque festival in reno every july. this is one of the items from our collection. reno basquee festival in 1989. a rind 5000 basque -- around 5000 basque posters came from the diaspora. another component of basque most exports were related to work in farms. what are called strength related sports.

the most well-known of this -- we have some items in our collection related to those sports. in the u.s.nown a lot of counts were built inside casinos in the u.s.. basque pelota, one of the types of pelota, thinking a sport for was offered in casinos across the country, including here in reno. this is the kind that was played .ere in the casinos for betting

with these very hard pelotas. atse pelotas were traveling more or less 180 miles per hour. this is one of the fastest sports in the world. to theeded helmets secure. the center for basque studies is important, because it is the main research facility about basque cultural history in english all around the world. we received people from europe, from the americas, from asia that is interested in learning about basques. as such, the library provides the support for doing that research with our archival collection, our poster

collections, and providing access to the main collections. our cities tour stuff recently traveled to reno, nevada to learn more about its rich history. to watch more video from reno and stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend on c-span 3. ♪ >> the house will be in order. years, c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington dc and around the country so you can make up your own mind. 1979,d by cable and

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