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Most Americans are familiar with the polka, but few of them know that it is a #Czech courtship dance

#Italian immigrant Catholicism centered on the local patron saints and the beliefs, superstitions, and practices associated with the feste.

in 1732 the Province of Georgia was founded by General James Oglethorpe. Slavery was prohibited

Allentown, Pennsylvania, for example, had an #Austrian-born population of 6,500 in 1930, the largest single ethnic minority in that town

Studies have shown that voter participation among #Korean Americans is low

#Italian Americans were strategically situated to take advantage of these economic shifts, being clustered in the urban areas where economic expansion took place and ready to move into higher education

Father Antanas Staniukynas contributed to the establishment of religious orders in the immigrant community, including the Sisters of St. Casimir and an American branch of the #Lithuanian Marian Father

By the time they began immigrating to the United States, the immigrants from Greater Syria had attended British, #French, #Russian, and American schools in their homeland for half a century or longer.

At one point, U.S. immigrations statistics did not distinguish #Bulgarians from Serbs and Montenegrins

#Italian theaters and music halls, for example, largely gave way to vaudeville, nickelodeons, organized sports, and radio programming.

Factory work was actually the largest occupation, accounting for one-fourth of the jobs held by #Iroquois people.

immigrant groups profit from the experience of their predecessors. In the case of #Iraqi immigrants, however, many of who are first-generation refugees, assimilation is something accomplished in large part on their own

At least one old #Cherokee lullaby has survived. Barbara McAlester, a #Cherokee opera singer, sometimes performs it as part of her concerts

Most #Honduran Americans came to the United States as undocumented immigrants or legally working laborers, and in both categories, the level of medical care has been low, marked by neglect and indifference, especially on the part of government officials.

Their villages consisted of houses built of native stone, arranged around a central plaza containing one or more kivas

The most powerful medicine bundle among the #Blackfoot was the beaver medicine bundle. this bundle was used by the Beaver Men to charm the buffalo, and to assist in the planting of the sacred tobacco used in the medicine pipe ritual performed after the first thunder was heard

Immediately following the #Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japan occupied Guam. The island was renamed "Omiya Jima," Throughout the occupation, #Guamanians remained loyal to the United States.

Strikes and boycotts organized by César Chávez further publicized the injustices perpetrated by many employers in this rural industry.

By the turn of the century, the #Tlingit people were threatened politically, territorially, culturally, and socially

Although #Barbadian Americans do not necessarily choose to live in close proximity to fellow #Barbadians, they share a bond no matter where they locate.