The Polish Highlanders Alliance of America ( pl. ''Związek Podhalan w Ameryce Północnej'') was founded in 1929 in

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as an organization that unites all other

Góral Góral is a Polish habitational surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

organizations in the United States. Most of Chicago's Góral community is concentrated on Chicago's Southwest Side along

Archer Avenue Archer Avenue, sometimes known as Archer Road outside the Chicago, Illinois city limits, and also known as State Street only in Lockport, Illinois and Fairmont, Illinois city limits, is a street running northeast-to-southwest between Chicago's C ...

where the headquarters, also known as the "Highlander Home" ("Dom Podhalan" in Polish) is located. The Highlander House is styled as a Carpathian

chalet A chalet (pronounced in British English; in American English usually ), also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building or house, typical of the Alpine region in Europe. It is made of wood, with a heavy, gently sloping roof and wide, well-suppo ...

in the traditional

Zakopane Style of Architecture Zakopane Style (or Witkiewicz Style) is an art style, most visible in architecture, but also found in furniture and related objects, inspired by the regional art of Poland's highland regions, most notably Podhale. Drawing on the motifs and tradi ...

. Located at 4808 S. Archer Avenue in Chicago, the structure underwent renovation under the eye of famed artist

Jerzy Kenar Jerzy S. Kenar is a Polish-American sculptor in the United States. Kenar works in wood, bronze as well as in an Acrylic-based composite. Life Born on January 19, 1948, in the town of Iwonicz-Zdrój, he left Poland permanently in 1973 for Swed ...

in 2005. In 2012 the Highlander House was upgraded with state of the art audio and video equipment. The Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America is a nonprofit organization run by an executive board. The members of the current (2011-2014) board are: ::Andrzej Gedlek - president ::Karolina Walkosz-Strzelec - vice president ::Michal Ploskonka- vice president of economic affairs ::Jozef Cikowski - vice president of cultural affairs ::Malgorzata Stopka- vice president for the East Coast ::Helena Studencka - general secretary ::Mateusz Staszel - financial secretary ::Monika Pawlikowska - treasurer ::Tomasz Radecki - marshall ::Jozef Fryzlewicz- Secretary of Records (minutes) ::Waclaw Pilat, Jozef Krzystyniak -

standard-bearer A standard-bearer, also known as a flag-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a ...

::Wojciech Dorula, Anna Zalinska -

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. P ...

::Fr. Jacek Palica, Fr. Waclaw Lech, Fr. Bartlomiej Stanowski, Fr. Slawomir Kurc, Fr. Franciszek Florczyk

chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...

::Kapelmistrz: Marek Bukowski, Wladyslaw Pawlikowski Chicago's Góral community publishes its own quarterly newspaper ''Podhalanin'', in addition to transmitting radio programs such as "Gawędy", "Poezja i muzyka góralska", or "Na góralską nutę", broadcasting from WPNA 1490 AM. The Polish language Chicago area daily Dziennik Związkowy (Polish Daily News) publishes a section titled ''Kronika podhalańska'' (The Highlander Chronicle).

Member organizations (circles) within the Polish Highlander Alliance of North America

# Jan Sabała's memorial circle #

Władysław Orkan Władysław Orkan (27 November 1875 – 14 May 1930) (actually born as ''Franciszek Ksawery Smaciarz'', changed surname to Smreczyński, but primarily known under his pen name, Orkan) was a Polish writer and poet from the Young Poland perio ...

's memorial circle #

Morskie Oko Morskie Oko, or Eye of the Sea in English, is the largest and fourth-deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains, in southern Poland. It is located deep within the Tatra National Park in the Rybi Potok (the Fish Brook) Valley, of the High Tatras mountai ...

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...

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Władysław Zamoyski Count Władysław Zamoyski (1853–1924) was a French-born Polish nobleman ( szlachcic), diplomat and heir of Kórnik, Głuchów, Janusz, Babin and Bargów (estates in the Grand Duchy of Poznań). Having acquired estates on the Polish ...

's memorial circle #

Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (12 February 1865 – 18 January 1940) was a Polish Goral poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and writer. He was a member of the Young Poland movement. Life Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer was born in Ludźmierz in Pod ...

's memorial circle in

Passaic, New Jersey Passaic ( or ) is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a total population of 70,537, ranking as the 16th largest municipality in New Jersey and an increase of 656 from the 69,78 ...

# Inactive # General Galica's memorial circle #

Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin Armstrong Creek is a town in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 409 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Armstrong Creek and Bonneval are located with the town. Geography According to the United States ...

# J. Janosik’s memorial circle # Tatra Mountains Górals in Passaic, New Jersey # Polish Highlanders in New York # Dr. Stefan Jarosz memorial circle # Tatry,

Uniontown, Pennsylvania Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Greater Pittsburgh Region. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census, down from 12,422 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat and ...

# Inactive # Association of Polish Highlanders from Zakopane in

Utica, New York Utica () is a Administrative divisions of New York, city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The List of cities in New York, tenth-most-populous city in New York State, its population was 65,283 ...

# Makow Podhalanski circle # Giewont circle in

Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It stands 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the borough's population was 4,454 ...

# Duch Knapczyk's memorial circle #

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Czarny Dunajec Czarny Dunajec , ( sk, Čierny Dunajec) is a town located in southern Poland near the Polish- Slovak border. Czarny Dunajec is in the Nowy Targ County ''(Polish: Powiat Nowotarski)'' and in the Lesser Poland. Czarny Dunajec is about 60 miles south ...

Maniowy Maniowy is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship about east of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków. It has been the seat of the district of Gmina Czorsztyn since 1993. Located on the southern s ...

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Szaflary Szaflary is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 (it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998). Szaflary has about 2,200 residents. There is a church, a fire station, and a few grocer ...

# Harklowa # Raba Wyżna # Witów # Gronków # Ciche # Wierchy # Spytkowice # Dzianisz #

Zakopane Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been par ...

# Maruszyna # Skawa # Leśnica Groń #

Ludźmierz Ludźmierz is a village in Poland in the Lesser Poland voivodeship, in the county of Nowy Targ. Ludźmierz is the oldest village in Podhale and is located about 85 kilometres south of Kraków. It lies approximately west of Nowy Targ and south o ...

# Chabówka #

Biały Dunajec Biały Dunajec , ( sk, Biely Dunajec) is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999; it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975–1998. It lies approximately north-east of Zakopane and south of th ...

Nowy Targ Nowy Targ (Officially: ''Royal Free city of Nowy Targ'', Yiddish: ''Naymark'', Goral Dialect: ''Miasto'') is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin at the foot of the Gorce Mount ...

# Wróblówka # Białka Tatrzańska # Chochołów # Śleboda #

Poronin Poronin , is a village in southern Poland situated in Tatra County of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 (it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975-1998). It lies approximately north-east of Zakopane and south of the regional ...

Stare Bystre
# Ski Club “Tatry” #

Babia Góra Babia Góra (in Polish), or Babia hora (in Slovak), literally Old Wives' or Witches' Mountain, is a massif situated on the border between Poland and Slovakia in the Western Beskid Mountains. The name is also applied to the culmination of the ...

# Kluszkowce #

Pieniny The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, Władysław. 2013. ''The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology''. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388. or the Pienin Mountains,Griffiths, Graham C. D. ...

# Ostrowsko # Czerwienne # Klikuszowa parish #

Kościelisko Kościelisko is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. (It was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.) It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) c ...

# Ratułów # “Podhale” Soccer Club #

Bukowina Tatrzańska Bukowina Tatrzańska , ( sk, Tatranská Bukovina) is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bukowina Tatrz ...

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# Morawczyna # Małe Ciche # Łopuszna # Hubertus - Hunting circle # Waksmund under the patronage of St. Hedwig's in Chicago, St. Hedwig # Czarna Góra # Ciche Dolne, Miętusowo parish #

Dębno Dębno (german: Neudamm) is a town in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in western Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,443. After the Migration Period, the area was populated by West Slavic peoples sinc ...

# Pieniążkowice # Gliczarów Górny "Wierchowiany" # Skrzypne # Polish Highlanders in Arizona # Nowe Bystre # Ochotnica # Zaskale # Tylmanowa # Dział # Kruszów # Bukowina Podszkle # Zagórzanie of

Mszana Dolna Mszana (German: ''Mschanna'') is a village in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mszana. It lies approximately south-east of Wodzisław Śląski and ...

# Florida under the patronage of Our Lady of Ludźmierz # Polish Highlanders in Washington State # Bustryk # Piekielnik # Podczerwone # Giewont in Lemont # Gronik # TOPR # Zespol Goralski
SIUMNI
" Polish Highlander Folkloric Group representing Polish Highlander Alliance in Chicago (www.siumni.org and Facebook "Siumni") and also the Brighton Park circle, Podhalan Women's Club, The Ski Club, Podhale Soccer Club.

External links

Official website of the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America- Oficjalny Portal Internetowy Najstarszej Polskiej Ligi Piłkarskiej w ChicagoChicago Public Radio series on diaspora communities in Chicago, including one on Goral Music in ChicagoInfo-Portal Gorale in PolishGorale - old photographs
Gorals Organizations based in Chicago Polish-American culture in Chicago Polish-American organizations 1929 establishments in Illinois Organizations established in 1929 {{Organisation-stub