Jessie Little Doe Baird

Jessie Little Doe Baird
Born (1963-11-18) November 18, 1963
Residence Mashpee, Massachusetts
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation Linguist
Notable work "We Shall Remain"
Awards MacArthur Fellowship

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 language. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010.

Life

She has a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she studied with Dr. Kenneth L. Hale.[4] Jessie resides in Mashpee, Massachusetts.[5] According to Wampanoag prophecy, a Wampanoag woman would leave her home to bring back the language and "the children of those who had had a hand in breaking the language cycle would help heal it."[6]

In 1993, Baird began teaching the Wôpanâak language at tribal sites in Mashpee and Aquinnah.[7][8]

She is featured in a PBS documentary on language revival, "We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân", directed by Anne Makepeace.[9]

She also serves as the Vice-Chairwoman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Inspired By A Dream". MIT Spectrum. Spring 2001.
  2. ↑ "languagehat.com : MACARTHUR GRANT FOR WAMPANOAG REVIVAL.". languagehat.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Jessie Little Doe (official website): CV, Aquinnah MA, 2003.
  4. ↑ "Jessie Little Doe Baird". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Jessie Little Doe Fermino. An introduction to Wampanoag grammar (Master's thesis) (PDF). MIT.
  6. ↑ "The Long-Dead Native Language Wopânâak is Revived". Yankee Magazine. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  7. ↑ Sukiennik, Greg (March 24, 2001). "Woman Brings Tribe's Dead Language to Life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Alexander Stille (September 30, 2000). "Speak, Cultural Memory: A Dead-Language Debate". The New York Times.
  9. ↑ "We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean – Documentary on Native American Language Revival". Independent Lens, PBS. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  10. ↑ "Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe ~ Tribal Council". Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Retrieved 2014-12-24.

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