Ethna Byrne-Costigan
Irish academic and writer
Category Archives: Linguistics
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Lilian Snooks
Lillian Bernice Snooks was at the forefront of the late-twentieth century campaign to preserve Atsugewi culture and traditions.
Esther Martinez
Esther Martinez was a linguist and storyteller for the Tewa people of New Mexico. She was given the Tewa name P’oe Tsawa (meaning Blue Water) and was also known by “Ko’oe Esther” and “Aunt Esther.”
Catherine Aucella
Executive Director of the US’s National Security Agency.
Harriette Shelton Williams Dover
Native American activist who helped revive traditional dances, the Lushootseed language, and tribal appreciation for a proud past and was the second female elected to the Tulalip Tribes’ Board of Directors and first Tribal Council Chairwoman
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann
Aboriginal Australian painter and educator
Angelina Noble
Aboriginal Australian translator and missionary
Vi Hilbert
Vi Hilbert, a member of the Upper Skagit tribe, had as her life’s work to preserve the Lushootseed (Puget Salish) language and culture.
Major Charlotte Gower Chapman
American anthropologist and the second female officer to join the US Marine Corps, commissioned with the rank of Captain in 1943.
Flora Botton Beja
Greek researcher and academic