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Kashubian Americans

{{short description|Americans of Kashubian birth or descent}}

{{Infobox ethnic group

|group = Kashubian Americans

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|population = Less than 300{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/ancestry/ancestry_q_by_DAC_2000.xls |title = Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000 |access-date=2013-06-20 |publisher = U.S. Census Bureau}}

|popplace = Midwest

|langs = American English, Kashubian, Polish

|rels = Christianity

|related = Other Kashubians{{•}} Polish Americans{{•}} Texan Silesians{{•}} Czech Americans{{•}} Slovak Americans{{•}} Sorbian Americans

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Kashubian Americans ({{langx|csb|Kaszëbi Amerykansczi}}) are Americans of Kashubian descent.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGAHcv64I2MC|title=The Kashubian Polish Community of Southeastern Minnesota|first=Polish Cultural|last=Institute|date=11 January 2018|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|access-date=11 January 2018|via=Google Books}}see Fr. Władysław Szulist, Kaszubi w Ameryce: szkice i materiały, Wejherowo 2005.

History

The two earliest Kashubian American settlements in the United States were centered around Winona, Minnesota, and Portage County, Wisconsin. The Winona settlement included the Minnesota town of Pine Creek and the Wisconsin towns of Dodge, Fountain City, and Trempealeau. The Portage County settlement included the Wisconsin towns of Hull, Polonia, and Sharon.{{cite web|author=Albert Hart Sanford|title="Polish People of Portage County," in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1907|location=State Historical Society of Wisconsin|date=1908|pages=259–288|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1347}} The Winona settlement is traditionally dated to 1855, but actually began in 1859.{{Cite web|url=http://bambenek.org/winona-2/first-settlement-in-winona-1859/|title=First Settlement in Winona: 1859 |website=Bambenek.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-21}} The Portage County settlement can be definitively traced back to 1858. Winona is dubbed the "Kashubian Capital of America" because of the large population of Kashubians there.{{Cite web|url=http://bambenek.org/winona-2/kashubian-capital-of-america/|title=Kashubian Capital of America –|website=Bambenek.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-21}}

After the American Civil War and the German Kulturkampf from 1848 to 1884, Kashubians emigrated to the United States in three waves through the Kashubian region. While some headed for the Winona area and for Portage County, many Kashubians wound up living in major urban centers such as Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukee. A smaller number of Kashubians settled in small farming communities scattered throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana.Szulist, Kaszubi w Ameryce: szkice i materiały. By the turn of the century, Kashubian Americans tended to identify themselves completely as Polish Americans, although in Winona at least the Kashubian language would survive for another generation or two.{{cite web|url=http://polishmuseumwinona.org/|title=Polish Cultural Institute & Museum, Winona MN - Kashubian Culture|website=polishmuseumwinona.org}}

Notable people

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See also

Further reading

  • Amerykanie kaszubskiego pochodzenia : zagadnienia wybrane. Studia Pelplińskie, Tom 34 (2003) s. 163–247. Władysław Szulist
  • Turkowski, Jeffery. [Kashubians in Detroit.] [Rodziny], Polish Genealogical Society of America, Spring 2022. 19–26.
  • Radzilowski, John. The Eagle and The Cross: The History of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America. (Columbia University Press, New York 2003)

References

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Category:Polish diaspora in the United States