BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130619T193336CEST-8531eVvt8D@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130619T173336Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Breathing Life Into Language: Jessie 'Little Doe' Baird \nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441129857/Breath ing_Life_Into_Language_Jessie_Little_Doe_Baird_\nEvent Date Begin: 2011-02 -17\nEvent Date End: 2011-02-17\n\n2010 MacArthur Fellow\, Jessie 'Little Doe' Baird\, is a linguist who is reviving the long-silent language of her Native American community. Wampanoag (or WÙ\;pan&sbquo\;ak)\, the A lgonquian language of her ancestors\, was spoken by tens of thousands of p eople in southeastern New England when seventeenth-century Puritan mission aries learned the language\, rendered it phonetically in the Roman alphabe t\, and used it to translate the King James Bible and other religious text s for the purposes of conversion and literacy promotion. As a result of th e subsequent fragmentation of Wampanoag communities in a land dominated by English speakers\, Wampanoag ceased to be spoken by the middle of the nin eteenth century and was preserved only in written records. Determined to b reathe life back into the language\, Baird founded the WÙ\;pan&sbquo \;ak Language Reclamation Project\, an intertribal effort that aims to ret urn fluency to the Wampanoag Nation. She undertook graduate training in li nguistics and language pedagogy at the M.I.T\, where she worked with the l ate Kenneth Hale\, a scholar of indigenous languages\, to decipher grammat ical patterns and compile vocabulary lists from archival Wampanoag documen ts. By turning to related Algonquian languages for guidance with pronuncia tion and grammar\, this collaboration produced a 10\,000-word Wampanoag-En glish dictionary\, which Baird continues to develop into an essential reso urce for students\, historians\, and linguists alike. In addition to achie ving fluency herself\, she has adapted her scholarly work into accessible teaching materials for adults and children and leads a range of educationa l programs after-school classes for youth\, beginning and advanced courses for adults\, and summer immersion camps for all agesó\;with the goa l of establishing a broad base of Wampanoag speakers. Through painstaking research\, dedicated teaching\, and contributions to other groups struggli ng with language preservation\, Baird is reclaiming the rich linguistic tr aditions of indigenous peoples and preserving precious links to our nation 's complex past. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCost: $10.00. Pre-registration requeste d. Please register by contacting Lexington Community Education at 781 862 8043.\n\nStart time: 7:00-8:30pm DTSTART:20110217T000000 DTEND:20110217T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Breathing Life Into Language: Jessie 'Little Doe' Baird TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR