Marie Smith Jones
(1918-2008)
Last speaker of the Eyak language
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Marie Smith Jones (May 14, 1918 – January 21, 2008) was the last surviving speaker of the Eyak language of Southcentral Alaska. She was born in Cordova, Alaska, was an honorary chief of the Eyak Nation and the last remaining full-blooded Eyak. In a 2005 interview, Smith Jones explained that her name in Eyak is Udach' Kuqax*a'a'ch which, she said, translates as "a sound that calls people from afar".
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14 May 1918 Cordova, Alaska
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21 January 2008 (aged 89)
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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