Montenegrin Americans
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Montenegrin Americans are
Yugoslav American
groups; therefore Montenegrin Americans are likely to identify with those groups.
History
Early period
At the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, mass migration of
Moraca
and the whole northern part of Montenegro.
The
Austro-Hungarian
authorities then helped to get as many Montenegrins as possible, especially young men, to go to America to leave as few soldiers as possible in Montenegro who could go to war.
The number of emigrants has grown from year to year. According to the passport book, which was carefully conducted from 1864 to 1914 in the
Niksic
. Interesting is the fact that in 1903, in the course of five months, from the beginning of August to the end of December, 621 Montenegrins went to America.
[2]
With the departure of young people through
Atlantic ocean
, spontaneously disappeared the first verses that best talked to the desire to get to the far rich country as soon as possible. Many Montenegrins sang a song:
"Ameriko, rosno cvijeće/
nema toga ko te neće/
ni đeteta od tri ljeta/
niti starca od 100 ljeta…"
Ili:
"Ameriko zemljo kleta/
po tebi mi drago šeta/.
Molim brata, molim kuma,
/da mi zajme trista kruna/
da otidem u Čikago,/
pa da vidim moje drago/
kako radi i propada/
i daleko jade jada…"
Ili:
"Navijorče, vrći momke/
da s’ udaju Crnogorke…" "[2]
Communities
Today, these
former Yugoslavia in the Los Angeles
area.
Montenegrin Americans are found throughout the state of
Juneau.[3] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2015, there were 9,486 ethnic Serbs born in "Other Eastern Europe" countries, overwhelmingly Montenegro.[4] According to the 2000 U.S. census, there were 2,339 individuals whose first ancestry was Montenegrin, and 189 whose second ancestry was Montenegrin, 2,528 ethnic Montenegrins overall.[5]
Notable people
Arts and entertainment
- Marina Abramović, performance artist[6]
- Enisa Nikaj, pop singer, model and songwriter
- Emina Cunmulaj, model and philanthropist
Literature
- Elijah Monte Radlovic
- Nikola Petanović, writer and philosopher
Film
- Ivan Kraljevic, film director
- Milla Jovovich, actress
Politics
- Mark Brnovich, Arizona Attorney General
- Alaska Territory, 1957-1958 (last appointed governor before statehood).
- John Butrovich, former Alaska State Senator
- John Dapcevich, former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
- Marko Dapcevich, most recent former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
- Susan Marie Brnovich, Arizona Superior Court Judge
- George Perazich, humanitarian
Sports
- Justin Cobbs, basketball player
- Nicholas Delpopolo, Olympic athlete - judo
- Gregg Popovich, basketball coach
- Mirsad Huseinovic, soccer player
- Novo Bojovic, football player
- Žarko Čabarkapa, NBA player
- Predrag Drobnjak, NBA player
- Slavko Vraneš, NBA player
- Nikola Mirotić, NBA player
- Nikola Peković, NBA player
- Nikola Vučević, NBA player
- Halil Kanacević, basketball player in Europe
Fictional
See also
Montenegro portal
United States portal
References
- ^ "Širom svijeta pola miliona Crnogoraca". Rtcg.me. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Iz istorije crnogorskog iseljeništva". Montenegrina.net. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- . pp. 63–64.
- ^ "Explore Census Data".
- ^ "Census 2000. Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Marina Abramović uspomena na oca Crnogorca je slika sa guslama". CdM.me. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
External links
- Montenegrins in Alaska
- Montenegrin Emigrants in Alaska
- Montenegrin Americans celebrating Montenegrin Independence in Chicago
- How Montenegrin Citizens Helped U.S. Soldiers
- Montenegrin Ohioans
- Montenegrin graveyards in Montana
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