Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
The Story of John Peabody HarringtonFor 50 years, controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the United States, frantically searching and documenting dying Native American languages. Harrington amassed over a million pages of notes on over 150 different tribal languages. Some of these languages were considered dead until his notes were discovered. Today tribes are accessing the notes, reviving their once dormant languages, and bringing together a new generation of language learners in the hope of saving Native languages.
Description: For 50 years, controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the United States, frantically searching and documenting dying Native American languages. Harrington amassed over a million pages of notes on over 150 different tribal languages. Some of these languages were considered dead until his notes were discovered. Today tribes are accessing the notes, reviving their once dormant languages, and bringing together a new generation of language learners in the hope of saving Native languages.
Genres: Documentary
Homepage: https://www.hokanmedia.com/chasingvoices
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Runtime: 57 minutes
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Jack Marr
Played Self - John P. Harrington's assistant
Kathryn Klar
Played Self - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley
Ernestine DeSoto
Played Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker
Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash
Played Self - Mojave Elder
David Oechsner
Played Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
Leanne Hinton
Played Self - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley
Richard Applegate
Played Self - Linguist
Nora McDowell
Played Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
Nakia Zavala
Played Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Frank Dominguez
Played Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Kathleen Marshall
Played Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Carmen Sandoval
Played Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Victor Golla
Played Self - Prof of Anthropology, Humboldt State
Catherine Callaghan
Played Self - Prof Emerita of Linguistics, Ohio State Univ
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