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 ...

During four decades of violence, the Basque separatist group ETA claimed to be fighting for the Basque people's right to self-determination. But the group ignored the fact that most Basques rejected ...

Bill Fitzhugh maps the blacksmith’s shop’s floor, 2008. The Smithsonian research vessel PItsuilak rides at anchor in the bay. Fitzhugh and his team live aboard the boat, which takes its name from the ...

Discover how the Basque people, speakers of a unique non-Indo-European language, challenge our understanding of European ancestry. The labels are Dienekes', so don't take them literally. Additionally, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

1 The Basques form a small, stateless nation of three million people, whose seven historical territories cover more than 20,000sq… 1 The Basques form a small, stateless nation of three million people, ...

The land of the Basque people, split between Spain and France, is a “nation without a state” — left off the map when they drew Europe’s national borders. The Basque Country is often left out of travel ...

WITH THEIR unique language, unrelated to all other European tongues, the continent’s oldest cave paintings, and their seafaring, gastronomic and choral traditions, the Basques have long had a strong ...