Marie's Dictionary

This short documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language, and the dictionary she created in an effort to keep her language alive. This film was originally published in the New York Times and is featured in the six-part multimedia story “Language Keepers” which follows four Indigenous communities in California who are working to revitalize their languages. https://emergencemagazine.org/story/language-keepers Subscribe to the Emergence Magazine Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC08u6dw1kqCRh6__juO8GHg?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Emergence Magazine: Twitter: https://twitter.com/emergence_zine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpiritualEcology/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emergencemagazine Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/emergencemagazine Emergence Magazine is a quarterly online publication featuring innovative stories that explore the threads connecting ecology, culture, and spirituality. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the latest stories from Emergence directly to your inbox: https://emergencemagazine.org/newsletter/