Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto
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- Comment: Might be notable but the sources need improvement to prove notability. Eternal Shadow Talk 02:05, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Comment: I have added some sources but I'm still unsure if this is sufficient to meet notability criteria for a biography. MurielMary (talk) 10:17, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto is a Barbareño Chumash elder active in documenting the language Barbareño.
Biography
Ygnacio-De Soto is the daughter of Mary Yee, who was the last first language speaker of the Chumashan language, Barbareño.[1] She grew up listening to native speakers of the language and therefore serves as a direct living link to that extinct language family.
Community Activist
She spoke out against a project by the Bacara Resort, which aimed to build bathrooms in an area that holds Chumash graves.[2]
Filmography
She co-wrote a script with John R. Johnson on which a film of her family's history was produced by Paul Goldsmith, ASC entitled "6 Generations: A Chumash Family's History"[3]
Illustrator
She is the illustrator of the book The sugar bear story (http://mithun.faculty.linguistics.ucsb.edu/pdfs/2005%20Sugar%20Bear.pdf) published by Sunbelt Publications in conjunction with the Anthropology Department of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, which tells one of her mother's cultural stories.[4] She was one of the subject of the 2010 documentary, 6 Generations, directed by Paul Goldsmith.This documentary has been reviewed in the Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology.[5]
Expert on Southern California Coastal Native American History and Culture
The United States National Park Service has devoted a web page to her commentary on Chapter 7 of Scott O'Dell's "Island of the Blue Dolphins" https://www.nps.gov/subjects/islandofthebluedolphins/ygnacio-de-soto.htm
Publications
- De, S. E. Y., & Yee, M. J. (2005). The sugar bear story. San Diego, Calif: Sunbelt.
External inks
References
- ^ "Ygnacio-De Soto". Island of the Blue Dolphins. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- ^ Yamamura, Jean (October 12, 2019). "Bacara Beach Bathroom Battle Lines Form: Move Farther Up the Beach Could Endanger Grave Sites, Chumash Contend". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ script by Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto and John R. Johnson; produced, directed, and photographed by Paul Goldsmith, ASC; John R. Johnson, executive producer. Copyright Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2009. Running time: 56 minutes 45 seconds
- ^ Sunbelt Publications, San Diego, California, USA (2005) ISBN 0-932653-70-7
- ^ Farris, Glenn. "6 Generations: A Chumash Family's History" (film review), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 30(2), 2010
Category: Linguistics Category: Chumash Category: Chumash people Category: Native American people Category: Santa Barbara Category: California Native Americans