Eyak Falls Silent

With the passing of Chief Marie Smith Jones on January 21, Eyak (eya) lost its last native speaker. Spoken in south-central Alaska, Eyak is its own branch of the Athabascan-Eyak language family, comprising about 20 Native languages in Alaska. She had worked extensively with Michael Krauss, a professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks [...]

Student job

Emily Bender at the University of Washington (Seattle) is looking for a student to help out with some research on Native American languages. Fluency is not required. Students need to have at least one year of study in a Native American language. A visit or two is required for orientation, but the work does not need to be performed [...]