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Basque Studies Newsletter ISSN: 1537-2464 the William A Center for Basque Studies Newsletter ISSN: 1537-2464 The William A. Douglass Center for Basque Studies NEWSLETTER FALL 2018 NUMBER 84 CBS Mission and History The Center for Basque Studies’ mis- sion is to further Basque-related study by conducting, facilitating, and disseminating original Basque- related research in the humanities and social sciences, in cooperation with appropriate academic depart- ments at UNR, as well as at other American and foreign universities, by the creation of undergraduate and graduate curricula at the Uni- versity of Nevada, Reno (including the creation of distance education courses) and by collaboration with the University Studies Abroad Con- sortium to provide a quality educa- tional experience for students de- sirous of studying and living in the Basque Country of Europe. Goian Bego Paul Laxalt In 1967 a small Basque Studies program was established within the Paul Dominique Laxalt (1922-2018), elected district attorney for Ormsby Coun- social sciences division of the Desert who served as both Governor of Nevada ty, in northwestern Nevada; he stepped Research Institute. Originally estab- and as a United States Senator, passed down after one term. Laxalt was elected lished to study the Basques as an in- away at the age of 96 on August 5th. He lieutenant governor in 1962; he ran for the tegral part of the sheep industry that was born in Carson City, Nevada’s capital, Senate and lost in 1964, but won the gov- had so influenced the development of where he attended public schools. He was ernorship two years later. the Intermountain West, over time the oldest of six children of Dominique (and since incorporated officially into and Therese (Alpetche) Laxalt, immigrants As governor of Nevada from 1967 to the University of Nevada, Reno), the from the Basque region of France. His fa- 1971, Laxalt got to know Ronald Rea- Center for Basque Studies has become the leading research and educational ther was a sheepherder who spent months gan, then governor of California, as they institute of its kind outside the Euro- at a time with his flock in the Sierra Ne- worked together to clean up Lake Tahoe, pean Basque homeland. vada and who became the subject of his which straddles both states. Laxalt and brother Robert Laxalt’s canonical novel Reagan became close friends; Laxalt served Sweet Promised Land. His mother ran a as chairman of Reagan’s presidential cam- family-owned hotel in Carson City. paigns. He was a Republican senator from Nevada from 1975 to 1987. Laxalt was Laxalt attended Santa Clara University known for his conservatism but was al- in California before enlisting in the Army ways courteous in his forms. His grandson, An annual publication of the in World War II as a medic. Under the Adam Paul Laxalt, currently serves as Ne- Center for Basque Studies University of Nevada, Reno G.I. Bill, he earned a law degree from the vada’s Attorney General and is running for Reno, NV 89557-2322 University of Denver. In 1950, Laxalt was Governor of Nevada. Goian Bego. 1 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter 2 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter New Graduate Visiting Student Callie Researcher Greenhaw Aitziber Welcome to our newest graduate stu- Etxebarria dent, Callie Greenhaw! Callie is a Univer- sity of Nevada, Reno alumna having earned Usategi her BA in Anthropology with a minor in The Government of Bizkaia has a col- Archaeology in 2016. When Callie was laboration agreement with the University an undergrad at UNR, she took Dr. Ott’s of Nevada, Reno in order to promote, re- Basque Culture class to fill an academic re- search about the Basque Economic Agree- quirement, and ended up really enjoying ment and its relationship with the current it. Growing up in Elko, Nevada, Callie was federal tax system in the United States. surrounded by Basque culture constantly, This year, Aitziber Etxebarria Usategi but did not realize its significance until this was selected to do this research. Aitziber class. Before returning to UNR to pursue works for the Government of Bizkaia as her PhD in Basque Studies, Callie traveled an expert in tax collection. She has been to Greece and the UK to pursue her studies, working there for 15 years fulfilling differ- and went on to earn her MS in Bioarchae- ent positions, all of them always connected ology and Forensic Anthropology from with taxes. Aitziber aims to compare US University College London in 2017. Up estate, inheritance and gift taxes with their until now, Callie’s field of study has been Basque equivalent in the light of the differ- dental anthropology. Her thesis at the UCL ences between the two countries. She plans concerned the postmarital residence pat- to write an article about her research in The Falxa family sheep wagon from terns of post-medieval Chichester in West Nevada, to be published with seven other the Buffalo Basque festival. The first Basque child born in Wyoming! Sussex by analyzing the sexual variation of chapters in a book edited by the Center for dental nonmetric traits. During her time Basque Studies next year. with us at the Center for Basque Studies, Callie will be studying the Basques of Elko. Her goals include providing an academic Buy Basque Books study of the Elko Basque community and And help support the work we adding to our understandinf of the Basque do at the Diaspora, learning Euskara, gaining teach- Center for Basque Studies ing experience and publishing some of her research. Call or visit basquebooks.myshopify.com The Center for Basque Studies Newsletter is published by: This is what she said about her stay at the CBS: “I’ve met very friendly people Center for Basque Studies / 2322 who gave me a great welcome and I’m University of Nevada, Reno very happy to be here. I’m having a great Reno, NV 89557-2322 time in Reno! These weeks I’ve been get- ting to know Reno. I’ve explored, among e-mail us at: [email protected] other places, the downtown area, the casi- phone: 775.784.4854 nos, and Rancho San Rafael Park. I’ve been fax: 775.784.1355 advised to go visit Pyramid Lake, Black Rock Desert, Virginia City and, of course, Please visit our web site at: Lake Tahoe, the Napa Valley, Yosemite, www.basque.unr.edu San Francisco, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. What I like the most of Reno Daniel Montero is its light. It is very sunny and that light Publications Editor makes everything look magical. People are The University of Nevada, Reno is an very friendly as well. They don’t mind be- Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action, ing asked for help and they are always very ADA institution. 11/2011, 7,900. kind and helpful. It’s a good place to live!” 3 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Elko Welcomes Bertsolariak Maialen Lujanbio Conference bertsolariak in Elko The 15th Annual Conference of the insights of bertsolaritza, and answered Center for Basque Studies took place in and cowboy poets shared their personal children`s questions. Bertsolariak per- Elko on January 29-30, 2018, along with stories, as women, in a social space that was formed at various venues, including the the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering until very recently under men’s control. Elko Conference Center where 900 hun- organized by the Western Folklife Cen- Before traveling to Elko, Maialen Lu- dred people enjoyed a spectacle of Basques ter. Entitled “Female Improvisational Po- janbio and Miren Artetxe bertsolariak and Buckaroos performing together. Joxe ets: Challenges and Achievements in the performed at the Basque Library together Mallea was the gaijartzaile (topic chooser) Twentieth Century,” the conference fea- with Nevadan bertsolari Jesus Goñi. The for the bertsolariak. An exhibit designed tured researchers and improvisers both attendees greatly enjoyed the opportunity by the Basque Library and documentary from the US and the Basque Country. to watch three Basque improvisers creat- screenings completed the Basque program. During the four sessions of the con- ing poems from scratch, responding to the The organization of the conference in ference, researchers explored women`s topics suggested by the public. Elko was a great experience and a won- experience as improvising poets from Oihana Iguaran and Martin Goicoechea derful opportunity to strengthen our con- historical, anthropological, and even auto- met with the group in Elko and visited nection with the Basque community in ethnographic perspectives. Bertsolariak schools where they sung, explained the North-Eastern Nevada. Graduate Student News Kerri Lesh, supported by a Bilinski Fel- archives and municipal records. She will Marsha Hunter is a second-year PhD lowship, will defend her dissertation next also participate in conferences and present student who is currently completing her Spring. In November, she will be present- her work at various universities. course work on Basque culture, history ing a wine tasting as well as a paper on the and politics. She is preparing for her com- panel, “Food, Money, and Morals: Semiotic prehensive exams in May 2019, and ex- Reconfigurations of Value,” for the Ameri- panding her research on Basque nationalist can Anthropological Association. Her re- activity in Idaho during the first half of the cently gained title as a Certified Specialist of twentieth century. Wine complements her research, which has allowed her to present for Academic Min- Callie Greenhaw is the newest Ph.D. ute and the radio show, “The Good Life”. student at CBS. In addition to her course work, she is participating in the ACUE After successfully completing her com- certificate program “Effective Teaching prehensive exams and teaching her first Practices in Higher Education”. This se- course for the CBS, Edurne Arostegui took mester, Callie is contributing to the CBS off to Euskadi to conduct field work.
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