Native linguists

[Linda Lanz]

Another that comes to mind is Edna Ahgeak MacLean, an Iñupiaq PhD  
(Stanford, if I'm not mistaken). There are also several Native  
linguists working at the Alaska Native Language Center, degree or no  
degree.

Linda Lanz


On Sep 16, 2007, at 5:52 PM, William J Poser wrote:

> Here's a list of the Native people I can think of who have received
> Ph.D.'s in Linguistics:
>
> Laverne Masayesva Jeanne        Hopi                    MIT
> Paul Platero                    Navajo                  MIT
> Elavina Tsosie Perkins          Navajo                  MIT
> Mary Ann Willie                 Navajo                  MIT
> Josie White Eagle               Winnebago               MIT
> Ofelia Zepeda                   Tohono O'odham (Papago) University  
> of Arizona
> Fernando Escalante              Yaqui                   University  
> of Arizona(deceased)
>
> Bill Poser
>