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Witness the resurrection of the Wampanoag language more than a century after the last native speaker died.
The Wampanoag saved the Pilgrims from starvation — and lived to regret it. Spurred on by their celebrated linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird, the Wampanoag of Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard are reviving their language more than a century after the last native speaker died. By Anne Makepeace.