Strange things are afoot in the Basque country, a region spanning parts of France and Spain with an age-old cheese-making tradition. National identity is invoked; politicians, unions, and ...

SHEEP, you may be surprised to learn, are not as dumb as they look. Some people might even describe them as shrewdly calculating, remarkably crafty animals with fierce independent streaks. Given the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Smithsonian researchers Mary S. Linn and Anne Pedersen pose with Eneko Goiburu in his family’s homestead. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives Editor’s ...

I would have guessed that I've been enjoying P'tit Basque, the French sheep's milk cheese, for much longer than a decade, but my guess would be wrong. The cheese debuted only in 1997, created by the ...

Visitors can watch Basque immigrants celebrate their sheepherding heritage with dancing and musical performances, food (all-things-lamb including lamb lasagna, lamb tacos, and lamb meatballs), wool ...

For more than a century, sheepherding in much of the American West has been the domain of Basque immigrants from the Pyrennees of Spain and France. While new immigrants are taking their place and ...

The Comforts of Home: A Basque Sheep Camp is on display now through August 10 at the Sparks Museum and Cultural Center located at 814 Victorian Avenue in Sparks. The exhibit features materials from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carvings made over decades by Basque herders are endangered as their canvas, the aspens, are at risk. Sawtooth Mountains, 2011, ...