Isabel Meadows

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Isabel Meadows (July 7, 1846^[1]–1939) was the last fluent speaker of the Rumsen Ohlone language and a primary Rumsen consultant to J.P. Harrington.^[2]

Her father, James Meadows, was a professional whaler and her mother, Loretta Onesimo, was Rumsen Ohlone.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Historic Monterey: Photo Gallery - Isabel Meadows". City of Monterey. 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
↑ Hinton and Hale, 430, 432

References

Hinton, Leanne and Kenneth Locke Hale. The Green Book of Language Revitalization in Practice: Toward a Sustainable World. San Diego: Academic Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-12-349353-8.

External links

Isabel Meadows Papers at the California Language Archive
Miranda, Deborah (Jan 8, 2010). "Isabel Meadows: Scholar, Storyteller, Visionary". When Turtles Fly. Retrieved 2012-07-23.

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Name	Meadows, Isabel
Alternative names	Ohlone Indian, last speaker of Mutsen language
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Date of birth	July 7, 1846
Place of birth
Date of death	1939
Place of death

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