Marie Smith Jones (May 14, 1918 – January 21, 2008, 'udAch' k'uqAXA'a'ch' Eyak pronunciation: [ʔutət͡ʃ’ k’uqəχəʔaˀt͡ʃ’] 'a sound that calls people from afar') was an American woman who was the last surviving speaker of the Eyak language of...
Marie Smith may refer to: Marie Selika Williams (1849–1937), née Marie Smith, American coloratura soprano Marie Rose (Delorme) Smith (1861–1960), Métis rancher, homesteader, medicine woman, midwife, and author.
Eyak is an extinct and revived Na-Dené language, historically spoken by the Eyak people, indigenous to south-central Alaska, near the mouth of the Copper River. The name Eyak comes from a Chugach Sugpiaq name (Igya'aq) for an Eyak village at the...
The Eyak (Eyak: ’i:ya:GdAlahGAyu: [ʔɪːjaːqtəla̤qəjʊː]) are an Alaska Native people historically located on the Copper River Delta and near the town of Cordova, Alaska. They are Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast. Today, Eyak people live in...
Guillaume Leduey (born March 20, 1989) is a French linguist and polyglot from Le Havre, France, and also a sculptor. Leduey is known for studying the now-extinct Eyak language and active participation in the campaign to revive it. Leduey is a...
Cordova ( kor-DOH-və, KOR-də-və) is a port city in Chugach Census Area, Alaska, United States. It lies near the mouth of the Copper River, at the head of Orca Inlet on the east side of Prince William Sound. The population was 2,609 at the 2020...
An Indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its Indigenous peoples. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages but they can be; for example, Aymara is both an Indigenous...
Angelus Memorial Park, previously known as Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, is located in Anchorage, Alaska. Marie Smith Jones, last Native speaker of the Eyak language, is buried there.
This is a list of notable Native American women of the United States. It should contain only Native women of the United States and its territories, not First Nations women or Native women of Central and South America. Native American identity is a...
Marie Selika Williams (c. 1849 – May 19, 1937) was an American coloratura soprano. She was the first Black artist to perform in the White House.
