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Jessie Little Doe Baird (also Jessie Little Doe Fermino, [1] [2] born 18 November 1963) [3] is a linguist known for her efforts to revive the Wampanoag (Wôpanâak) language. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010.
Jessie Little Doe Baird, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, founded the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project in 1993. [26] They have taught some children, who have become the first speakers of Wôpanâak in more than a century. [ 12 ]
Due to the heavy scholarly, cultural and media attention surrounding the revival of the language under the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project of Jessie Little Doe Baird, and also because the Wampanoag far outnumber Massachusett people, the use of 'Wampanoag' or its revived form 'Wôpanâak' to refer to the entire language is increasing. [2 ...
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B. Lawrence Bacow; Martin Neil Baily; Jessie Little Doe Baird; Mark Baker (linguist) Carliss Y. Baldwin; Richard Baldwin (economist) Michel Balinski; Mark Baltin
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