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Jessie Little Doe Baird
Born (1963-11-18) November 18, 1963 (age 60)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationLinguist
Notable work"We Shall Remain"
AwardsMacArthur 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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