Jessie Little Doe Baird
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Jessie Little Doe Baird is a Wampanoag linguist and language activist known for leading the revival of the Wôpanâak language and efforts to restore it as a living, spoken language in her community.
Aliases (2)
- Jessie Baird ×1
- Little Doe Baird ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
language activist
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linguist → person → |
| advocatesFor |
cultural preservation through language
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indigenous language rights → |
| alternateName |
Jessie Baird
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Little Doe Baird → |
| associatedWith |
Mashpee Wampanoag community
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Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) → |
| awardReceived |
MacArthur Fellowship
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MacArthur “Genius Grant” → |
| citizenship |
United States
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| coFounded |
Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
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| degree |
Master’s degree in linguistics
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| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| ethnicity |
Wampanoag
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| fieldOfWork |
Algonquian languages
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indigenous languages of North America → language revitalization → linguistics → |
| focusesOn |
community-based language education
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intergenerational language transmission → restoring Wôpanâak as a spoken language → |
| founded |
Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
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| gender |
female
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| hasRole |
community leader
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curriculum developer → language teacher → researcher → |
| influenced |
contemporary Wampanoag language education
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indigenous language revitalization practices in North America → |
| knownFor |
Wampanoag language revitalization
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indigenous language activism → revival of the Wôpanâak language → |
| languageRevived |
Wampanoag language
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Wôpanâak → |
| movement |
indigenous language revitalization movement
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| nativeLanguageCommunity |
Wampanoag people
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| notableFor |
helping produce the first new native speakers of Wôpanâak in over a century
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| notableProject |
creation of Wôpanâak immersion education programs
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development of Wôpanâak language curriculum → reconstruction of Wôpanâak from historical documents → |
| occupation |
language revitalization advocate
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linguist → |
| residence |
Massachusetts
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| studies |
colonial-era Wampanoag language documents
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historical Wampanoag texts → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Jessie Little Doe Baird
("Jessie Baird")
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Jessie Little Doe Baird ("Little Doe Baird") → |
alternateName |
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Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
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associatedWith |
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Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
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foundedBy |
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Wôpanâak
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hasNotableLinguist |