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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 ]
Wampanoag, a language spoken by the people of the same name in Massachusetts, underwent a language revival project led by Jessie Little Doe Baird, a trained linguist. Members of the tribe use the extensive written records that exist in their language, including a translation of the Bible and legal documents, in order to learn and teach Wampanoag.
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 ...
The phonology of the Massachusett language was re-introduced to the Mashpee, Aquinnah, Herring Pond and Assonet tribes that participate in the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, co-founded by Jessie Little Doe Baird in 1993.
B. Jessie Little Doe Baird; Joan Palmiter Bajorek; Ann Bannon; Dorit Bar-On; Elizabeth Wayland Barber; Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig; Naomi Baron; Sarah T. Barrows
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This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. W. Linguists of Wiyot (2 P) Y. ... Jessie Little Doe Baird; Frederic Baraga; Juliette Blevins;