View Content #11802
| Contentid | 11802 |
|---|---|
| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | Article: ‘Genius Grant’ a Boost to Linguist As She Revives Wampanoag |
| Body | From http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2010/09/28/reviving_wampanoag_earns_linguist_a_genius_grant ‘Genius grant’ a boost to linguist as she revives a native language By Laura Collins-Hughes September 28, 2010 Jessie Little Doe Baird was overcome at the news that her 17 years of linguistic work — resurrecting the language the Wampanoag people spoke and wrote until at least the mid-1800s — had landed her a MacArthur Fellows “genius grant’’ of $500,000. The 23 recipients of this year’s John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grants, including five others from New England, were announced this morning. When the foundation notified Baird, 46, a Mashpee linguist and the program director of the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, two weeks ago of the fellowship, the honor brought her to tears. As far as she knows, her 6-year-old daughter is the only child since the 19th century raised from birth to speak Wampanoag (or, in that language, Wôpanâak). Read the full article at http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2010/09/28/reviving_wampanoag_earns_linguist_a_genius_grant |
| Source | Boston Globe |
| Inputdate | 2010-10-01 09:31:49 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2010-10-01 09:31:49 |
| Expdate | Not set |
| Publishdate | 2010-10-04 00:00:00 |
| Displaydate | Not set |
| Active | 1 |
| Emailed | 1 |
| Isarchived | 1 |
