
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
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.
Cast
Self - John P. Harrington's assistant
Jack MarrSelf - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley
Kathryn KlarSelf - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker
Ernestine DeSotoSelf - Mojave Elder
Gertrude Van Fleet-DashSelf - Fort Mojave Tribe
David OechsnerSelf - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley
Leanne HintonSelf - Linguist
Richard ApplegateSelf - Fort Mojave Tribe
Nora McDowellSelf - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Nakia ZavalaSelf - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Frank Dominguez
Jack MarrSelf - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley
Kathryn KlarSelf - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker
Ernestine DeSotoSelf - Mojave Elder
Gertrude Van Fleet-DashSelf - Fort Mojave Tribe
David OechsnerSelf - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley
Leanne HintonSelf - Linguist
Richard ApplegateSelf - Fort Mojave Tribe
Nora McDowellSelf - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Nakia ZavalaSelf - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Frank Dominguez