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Date:    		 Juan Braņa
Miel A. Elustondo
Reno, Nevada
May 28, 1995

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Juan Braņa was born in Almandoz on April 9, 1958. With 18 years old, Juan came as a sheepherder and worked for Jean Pierre Etcheberry for 8 years in Idaho. Then he married and moved to Reno, Nevada. He started chopping wood in 1985-86. Juan does much of his exhibitions as an aizkolari at the Basque festivals throughout the American West.

 

 

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Juan Braņa
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his beginnings in America
his life as an aizkolari		 view photos
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Years
Almandoz
Mugairi
Bakersfield, CA
Rupert, Idaho
Reno, NV
Lesaka
Lake Tahoe
Australia
Helms Construction Co.
Winnemucca, NV
Elko, NV
Gardnerville, NV
San Francisco, CA		 Jesus Goņi
Jose Ignacio Tellechea
Jean Pierre Etcheberry
Errastio
Periko Zubiria
Mark Etcheberry
Jose Luis Ajesta
Amaia & Stephanie Braņa
Txurruka brothers
Ignacio Larraga
Erramun Jayo		 Life in the old country
Shepherding
Construction Work
Wood chopping
Learning English
 

 

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