how many regions of the USA can be considered "ethnic homelands"? (live in, bars)

[Pincho-toot]

Originally Posted by Aceter

This is true especially in the New Orleans area, where Non-Hispanic white Americans have Spanish surnames, and Non-Hispanic black Americans have Spanish and Italian surnames.

What exactly makes them "non-Hispanic"? If they have Spanish ancestry doesn't that make them Hispanic???

[Pincho-toot]

Minnesota for the Ojibwe, Iowa for the Sioux, the Dakotas for the Lakota, Michigan for the Sauk, Ohio for the Shawnee, New York for the Iroquois, Georgia for the Cherokee, Florida for the Seminole, Texas for the Comanche, New Mexico for the Apache, Arizona for the Navajo, California for the Shasta, Idaho for the Shoshone, Washington for the Yakama, Alaska for the Inuit and Hawaii for the Hawaiians.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by daydreamin71

The Gullah culture in the southeastern Lowcountry.

Good one! Is Gullah mainly an island culture, or are they on the mainland, too?

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Good one! Is Gullah mainly an island culture, or are they on the mainland, too?

They are found on the mainland also, particularly in the Charleston area.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Tom Lennox 70

I guess New Jersey can be considered the Italian American homeland?

Probably New York, though the are many Italian Americans in New Jersey and Eastern PA.

[bellafinzi]

Onondaga in Central New York

The Peacemaker who came to the shores of Onondaga Lake is part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Native American who was chosen to translate the Peacemaker’s message of unity for the five warring Iroquois nations during the 14th century. This message not only succeeded in uniting the tribes but also forever changed how the Iroquois governed themselves–a blueprint for democracy that would later inspire the authors of the U.S. Constitution.

The Peacemaker was a real Indian Holy Man from the Huron Tribe who crossed Lake Ontario from the Canada side to unite the 5 Iroquois tribes into one confederacy after long years of bloody battles amongst themselves!

Hundreds of years ago when the Peacemaker arrived from the Canada side of Lake Ontario into North America, he somehow united the 5 tribes which became the Iroquois Confederacy who had been at war for generations.

He did this by uniting the tribes against an Evil Chief Sorcerer named Tadodaho.

Tadodaho was said to have “matted and spiky hair”, and that this visage lent itself to legends that he had snakes in his hair. He is said to have had a “twisted body”, and could kill his enemies from a distance without seeing them. Tadodaho ruled with fear, and his people believed him to be a sorcerer. He scared his own people and also threatened other peoples including the Seneca and Cayuga nations. Tadodaho successfully led his Onondagas in raids against the nearby Cayuga people, and also traveled west and attacked the Seneca people.

Peace among the nations of the Haudenosaunee was delayed due to fear of Tadodaho. Deganawidah of the Mohawk people and Hayehwatha of the Onondaga desired peace between the Haudenosaunee peoples, and the various chiefs were persuaded, except for Tadodaho, who was seen as a hindrance to the Great Law of Peace.

The Liverpool, NY area is likely the location of the Hiawatha & Peacemaker story that succeeded in uniting the Iroquois tribes.

The Knights Templar know exactly who the Iroquois Native American Indians were. Our United States Forefathers went to the Onondaga Iroquois Indians to learn from them how to create the Constitution, and the Unites States. And the Templars then became very involved in the creation of the United States.

[btownboss4]

Utah is the obvious Mormon Homeland.

I’d argue Cajun, Amish, Tejano, New Englander that’s it as people who could be considered an Ethnicity to themselves.

Post-1945 you could argue Jews for New York but I think if you asked most of them they’d say they’re a diaspora.

Thus is excluding Native Americans cause that’s too numerous and more or less covers the whole country

[PoliticsLover2003]

Originally Posted by Pincho-toot

Minnesota for the Ojibwe, Iowa for the Sioux, the Dakotas for the Lakota, Michigan for the Sauk, Ohio for the Shawnee, New York for the Iroquois, Georgia for the Cherokee, Florida for the Seminole, Texas for the Comanche, New Mexico for the Apache, Arizona for the Navajo, California for the Shasta, Idaho for the Shoshone, Washington for the Yakama, Alaska for the Inuit and Hawaii for the Hawaiians.

Plus Wisconsin for the Menominee

[TheTimidBlueBars]

You could make a case for Appalachians as an ethnic group.

They have their own dialect (including distinct grammatical features), their own folktales, their own dishes, their own musical styles, and a strong sense of identity transcending state boundaries. People speak of an "Appalachian diaspora" in places like Detroit, Baltimore, and the Ohio cities.

[santafe400]

Alaska - Alaskan Natives and Inuit