Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Linguistics and Philosophy - Hayward Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân (2010)

Jason Baird

Jessie Baird

Mae Alice Baird

Anne Makepeace

WE STILL LIVE HERE: As Nutayunean tells the amazing story of the return of the Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no Native speakers has been revived in this country. Four centuries ago, Wampanoag people helped the...

We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân

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This is an incredibly beautiful, inspiring, and powerfully moving documentary. Superbly crafted, with music and visuals to match the story expertly told through the interweaving of multiple interviews of Wampanoag people.

The insight into Jessie Little Doe Baird&apos;s work, her relationship with Dr Ken Hale, the interviews with many Wampanoag members about the impact of the revival of their language is all deeply touching. This is the story of an absolute triumph of the human spirit, of Wampanoag and indigenous resistance against oppression, forced assimilation and cultural destruction wrought by colonists, of a great movement for healing.

Frankly, it&apos;s one of the best documentaries I&apos;ve seen, of any subject; the achievement of the Wampanoag one of the most worthy and magnificent I&apos;ve ever come across, and I don&apos;t say any of that lightly. Everyone could benefit from watching this documentary.

Celebrated every Thanksgiving as Â“the IndiansÂ” who saved the Pilgrims from starvation, then largely forgotten, the Wampanoag of Cape Cod and Martha&apos;s Vineyard are bringing their long-dormant language back to life. Spurred on by their intrepid linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird, recent winner of a MacArthur genius award, they are saying loud and clear, and in their Native tongue, Â“Ã‚s NutayuneÃ¢n,Â” Â– Â“We Still Live Here.Â”

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WE STILL LIVE HERE: Ã‚s NutayuneÃ¢n tells the amazing story of the return of the Wampanoag language, a language that was silenced for more than a century. The WampanoagÂ’s ancestors ensured the survival of the first English settlers in America, and lived to regret it.  A century ago, their language virtually disappeared.  Spurred on by an indomitable Wampanoag woman named Jessie Littledoe Baird, who just won a MacArthur genius award for her unprecedented work, the Wampanoag are bringing their language and their culture back to life.
Like many Native American stories, this one begins with a vision.  Years ago, Jessie began having recurring dreams: familiar-looking people from another time speaking in an incomprehensible language. These visions sent her on an odyssey that would uncover hundreds of documents written in Wampanoag, lead her to a Masters in Linguistics at MIT with Noam Chomsky, and result in her accomplishing something that had never been done before in an American Indian communityÂ– bringing a language with no Native speakers alive again.  
The film interweaves contemporary veritÃ© scenes of cultural revival among the Wampanoag on Cape Cod and MarthaÂ’s Vineyard with dark events in New England history that nearly obliterated their culture. Ruth LingfordÂ’s powerful animation provides darkly beautiful images as Wampanoags recount these horrific events.
The film ends on a hopeful note, with an image of JessieÂ’s youngest daughter, the first Native speaker of Wampanoag in a century.

WE STILL LIVE HERE: As Nutayunean

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This is an incredibly beautiful, inspiring, and powerfully moving documentary. Superbly crafted, with music and visuals to match the story expertly told through the interweaving of multiple interviews of Wampanoag people.

The insight into Jessie Little Doe Baird's work, her relationship with Dr Ken Hale, the interviews with many Wampanoag members about the impact of the revival of their language is all deeply touching. This is the story of an absolute triumph of the human spirit, of Wampanoag and indigenous resistance against oppression, forced assimilation and cultural destruction wrought by colonists, of a great movement for healing.

Frankly, it's one of the best documentaries I've seen, of any subject; the achievement of the Wampanoag one of the most worthy and magnificent I've ever come across, and I don't say any of that lightly. Everyone could benefit from watching this documentary.

WE STILL LIVE HERE: As Nutayunean tells the amazing story of the return of the Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no Native speakers has been revived in this country. Four centuries ago, Wampanoag people helped the first English settlers in America- the Pilgrims - to survive. Although Americans celebrate 'the Indians' every year at Thanksgiving, few know that their descendants are still on their homelands in Southeastern Massachusetts. Spurred on by an indomitable linguist named Jessie Little Doe, the Wampanoag are bringing their language and their culture back.

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