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Documentary

Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington

- 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.

Release Date : 2021-04-30

Language :English

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Status : Released

Production Company : Hokan Media

Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Jack Marr

Character Name : Self - John P. Harrington's assistant

Original Name : Jack Marr

Gender : Male

Kathryn Klar

Character Name : Self - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley

Original Name : Kathryn Klar

Gender : Male

Ernestine DeSoto

Character Name : Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker

Original Name : Ernestine DeSoto

Gender : Male

Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash

Character Name : Self - Mojave Elder

Original Name : Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash

Gender : Male

David Oechsner

Character Name : Self - Fort Mojave Tribe

Original Name : David Oechsner

Gender : Male

Leanne Hinton

Character Name : Self - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley

Original Name : Leanne Hinton

Gender : Male

Richard Applegate

Character Name : Self - Linguist

Original Name : Richard Applegate

Gender : Male

Nora McDowell

Character Name : Self - Fort Mojave Tribe

Original Name : Nora McDowell

Gender : Male

Nakia Zavala

Character Name : Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Original Name : Nakia Zavala

Gender : Male

Frank Dominguez

Character Name : Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Original Name : Frank Dominguez

Gender : Male

Kathleen Marshall

Character Name : Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Original Name : Kathleen Marshall

Gender : Male

Carmen Sandoval

Character Name : Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Original Name : Carmen Sandoval

Gender : Male

Victor Golla

Character Name : Self - Prof of Anthropology, Humboldt State

Original Name : Victor Golla

Gender : Male

Catherine Callaghan

Character Name : Self - Prof Emerita of Linguistics, Ohio State Univ

Original Name : Catherine Callaghan

Gender : Male

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