Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington

Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington

2021
57m
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"The Story of John Peabody Harrington"

Overview

For 50 years, controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the United States, frantically searching and documenting dying Native American languages. Harrington amassed over a million pages of notes on over 150 different tribal languages. Some of these languages were considered dead until his notes were discovered. Today tribes are accessing the notes, reviving their once dormant languages, and bringing together a new generation of language learners in the hope of saving Native languages.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Hokan Media
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

native american language

Quick Facts

Release Date April 30, 2021
Status Released
Language EN
Website Visit Site

Cast

Jack Marr
Jack Marr

Self - John P. Harrington's assistant

Kathryn Klar
Kathryn Klar

Self - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley

Ernestine DeSoto
Ernestine DeSoto

Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker

Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash
Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash

Self - Mojave Elder

David Oechsner
David Oechsner

Self - Fort Mojave Tribe

Leanne Hinton
Leanne Hinton

Self - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley

Richard Applegate
Richard Applegate

Self - Linguist

Nora McDowell
Nora McDowell

Self - Fort Mojave Tribe

Nakia Zavala
Nakia Zavala

Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Frank Dominguez
Frank Dominguez

Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Kathleen Marshall
Kathleen Marshall

Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Carmen Sandoval
Carmen Sandoval

Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Key Crew

Daniel Golding
Director
Daniel Golding
Producer
Francene J. Blythe-Lewis
Executive Producer