Monday, November 14, 2011

AMERICA - Restoring a Language

"'We Still Live Here' Details Effort to Restore Wampanoag Language" PBS Newshour 11/10/2011

Excerpt

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): ....another in our Economist Film Project series. This one is the story of a unique linguistic project, one that's revived the ancient culture of a modern Indian tribe.

The Wampanoag Indians of southeastern Massachusetts stopped speaking their native language 150 years ago. But, in 1993, Jessie "Little Doe" Baird began trying to restore their fluency.

And filmmaker Anne Makepeace chronicled her efforts.

Here's an excerpt from the documentary "We Still Live Here."

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