Chief Marie Smith Jones

January 23, 2008 - 5:17 am

The last traditional speaker of the Eyak language died yesterday, making the language extinct. Eyak Chief Marie Smith Jones passed away yesterday at the age of 89, and as the last speaker of Eyak, her language dies with her. First Nations languages are especially at risk for this, for a number of reasons, but there are groups out there trying to save what they can.

Chief Jones’ obituary. She was the last living Eyak.

 

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