We Still Live Here: A Language Is Not Just Words
Through special learning camps, the Wampanoag are helping each other to recover their triabl language, stories, and connection to one another. They have realized that a language is not just words: it's a culture, tradition, and what creates what a community is.
Previews + Extras
We Still Live Here: Songs From the End of the Island
S13 E5 - 3m 11s
Martha's Vineyard has long been known as Aquinnah -- or "the end of the island" -- in Wampanoag. Thanks to the efforts of Jessie Little Doe and her colleagues, tribal members are now able to sing songs in their original language.
We're the People Who Met the Pilgrims
S13 E5 - 46s
We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean tells the remarkable story of the recent cultural and linguistic revival of the Wampanoag tribe of Southeastern Massachusetts. Their ancestors ensured the survival of the Pilgrims -- and lived to regret it. Now they are bringing their language home again.
We Still Live Here: Making Peace With a Future Mentor
S13 E5 - 4m 15s
After making a bad first impression with MIT linguist Ken Hale during an early meeting about bringing the Wampanoag language back to life, Jessie Little Doe and Professor Hale became close collaborators and lifelong friends.
We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean (Preview)
S13 E5 - 30s
Witness the resurrection of the Wampanoag language more than a century after the last native speaker died. 3/15/2012
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