Montenegrin Americans

Montenegrin Americans
Црногорски Американци
Crnogorski Amerikanci

Total population
c. 2,528 (2000)[1] 40,000 (2014)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Alaska, Illinois, New York
Languages
English, Montenegrin
Religion
Montenegrin Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Islam
Related ethnic groups
other South Slavs

Montenegrin Americans are Americans who are of Montenegrin origin. Also, the term "Yugoslavian American" may be preferred by people who identify with the former nation of Yugoslavia before its breakup during the early 1990s, and in 2006, Montenegro became independent from the State Union with Serbia.

Concentrations

Today, these Montenegrins mainly live in the central and eastern United States, much of which is concentrated in New York City and Chicago, and to a lesser extent in Detroit, and recent arrivals from former Yugoslavia in the Los Angeles area.

Montenegrin Americans are found throughout the state of Alaska. About a quarter of all known Montenegrin Americans live in Anchorage. Their presence in Alaska dates back to the gold rushes of the early 20th century. A short-lived newspaper entitled Servian Montenegrin was established at the beginning of 1905 in the town of Douglas, near Juneau.^[3]

Notable Montenegrin Americans

Literature

• Elijah Monte Radlovic
• Nikola Petanović, writer and philosopher

Film

• Milla Jovovich, actress

Politics

• Michael Anthony Stepovich, former governor of Alaska Territory, 1957-1958 (last appointed governor before statehood).
• John Dapcevich, former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
• Marko Dapcevich, most recent former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
• George Perazich, humanitarian

Sports

• Nick Delpopolo , US wrestler and Olympic Athlete
• Nikola Peković, NBA player
• Nikola Vučević, NBA player
• Halil Kanacević, basketball player in Europe
• Taylor Rochestie, professional basketball player for the Montenegrin national team
• Tyrese Rice, professional basketball player for the Montenegrin national team

Other

• Butch Verich, commander

References

1. "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
2. "Širom svijeta pola miliona Crnogoraca" [Half a million Montenegrin emigrants worldwide]. Radio and Television of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). September 20, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
3. Nicolson, Mary C.; Slemmons, Mary Anne (1998). Alaska Newspapers On Microfilm, 1866-1998. Fairbanks/Juneau: University of Alaska Fairbanks/Alaska State Library. pp. 63–64.

External links

• Montenegrin Emigrants in Alaska
• Montenegrin-Americans celebrating Montenegrin Independence in Chicago