since my last blog entry, i learned that January 21 marked the one year anniversary of the death of Udach' Kuqax a'a'ch (Marie Smith Jones) the last full-blood Eyak (an indigenous people of Alaska) and with that, the extinction of the Eyak language. this reminded me that a dedicated group of contemporary Chumash people currently work to revive the Barbareno Chumash dialect from the brink of extinction. the prognosis looks good, as anthropologists documented this dialect well.
ran into Joe Woodard today. he hasn't started V yet. i haven't started the Grapes of Wrath yet either.
i feel kind of tired so i'll keep this entry short, but i intend to post more tomorrow and the next day, so good night.
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