Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington (2021)
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington (2021)
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.

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Jack Marr Jack Marr As: Self - John P. Harrington's assistant
Kathryn Klar Kathryn Klar As: Self - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley
Ernestine DeSoto Ernestine DeSoto As: Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker
Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash As: Self - Mojave Elder
David Oechsner David Oechsner As: Self - Fort Mojave Tribe
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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.


Tagline: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
Certification: PG

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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 30 April 2021

Country: US

Runtime: 57m

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Company: Hokan Media

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Cast

Jack Marr

Jack Marr

Self - John P. Harrington's assistant

Kathryn Klar

Kathryn Klar

Self - Harrington biographer, UC Berkeley

Ernestine DeSoto

Ernestine DeSoto

Self - Barbareño Chumash, daughter of last native speaker

Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash

Gertrude Van Fleet-Dash

Self - Mojave Elder

David Oechsner

David Oechsner

Self - Fort Mojave Tribe

Leanne Hinton

Leanne Hinton

Self - Prof Emeritus of Linguistics UC Berkeley

Richard Applegate

Richard Applegate

Self - Linguist

Nora McDowell

Nora McDowell

Self - Fort Mojave Tribe

Nakia Zavala

Nakia Zavala

Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Frank Dominguez

Frank Dominguez

Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Kathleen Marshall

Kathleen Marshall

Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Carmen Sandoval

Carmen Sandoval

Self - Santa Ynez Band of Chumash

Victor Golla

Victor Golla

Self - Prof of Anthropology, Humboldt State

Catherine Callaghan

Catherine Callaghan

Self - Prof Emerita of Linguistics, Ohio State Univ

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Steve Patapoff

Steve Patapoff

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Daniel Golding

Daniel Golding

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