Muere Mary Smith y, con ella, un idioma.La jefa de tribu Mary Smith Jones, última nativa de Alaska que hablaba la lengua Eyak, murió esta semana en su cama a los 89 años de edad.
Había nacido en 1918 en Córdova (Alaska) y vivió sus últimos años en Anchorage, era la última eyak de pura sangre y jefa de su menguante tribu, a la que había conducido en una batalla legal contra las grandes empresas madereras que talaban bosques ancestrales.
Esta es mi idea para Illustration Friday de esta semana, una mujer que muere, una mujer que guardaba un tesoro: un idioma que hoy ya es LEYENDA.
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Mary Smith dies and, with her, a language.
The tribe female leader Mary Smith Jones, last native of Alaska that spoke the Eyak language, died this week in her bed to the 89 years of age. She had been born in 1918 in Córdova (Alaska) and lived his last years in Anchorage, was last eyak of pure blood and female leader of his declining tribe, to whom she had lead in a legal battle against the great lumber companies that destroyed ancestral forests.
This is my idea for Illustration Friday of this week, a woman who dies, a woman who kept a treasure: a language that today already is LEGEND.
