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Friday, January 25, 2008

Last Fluent Speaker of Eyak Language Dies (NPR)

From NPR News:

All Things Considered
January 24, 2008

Chief Marie Smith Jones, the last fluent speaker of the Eyak language of the Alaskan Indians, died Monday at her home in Anchorage. She was 89. Chief Jones worked diligently to preserve her native tongue and other indigenous Alaskan languages.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18391658

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