Figure 5.8: Selected ethnic homelands in North America, past and present, and concentrations of rural ethnic islands.

Figure 5.8: Selected ethnic homelands in North America, past and present, and concentrations of rural ethnic islands. The Hispano homeland is also referred to as the Spanish-American homeland. With the return migration of African-Americans from northern industrial cities such as Chicago to rural southern areas, the moribund Black Belt homeland might soon be enjoying a second life. Note: Nunavut became a functioning political unit within Canada in 1999.

(Sources: Arreola, 2002; Carlson, 1990; Meinig, 1965; Nostrand and Estaville, 2001; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000.)