
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
Documentary
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.
Top Cast
Jack Marr
Jack Marr
Self - John P. Harrington's assistant
Jack Marr
Self - John P. Harrington's assistant
Kathryn Klar
Kathryn Klar
Self - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley
Kathryn Klar
Self - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley
Ernestine DeSoto
Ernestine DeSoto
Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker
Ernestine DeSoto
Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker
Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash
Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash
Self - Mojave Elder
Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash
Self - Mojave Elder
David Oechsner
David Oechsner
Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
David Oechsner
Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
Leanne Hinton
Leanne Hinton
Self - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley
Leanne Hinton
Self - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley
Richard Applegate
Richard Applegate
Self - Linguist
Richard Applegate
Self - Linguist
Nora McDowell
Nora McDowell
Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
Nora McDowell
Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
Nakia Zavala
Nakia Zavala
Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Nakia Zavala
Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Frank Dominguez
Frank Dominguez
Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Frank Dominguez
Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
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