Last native Eyak speaker dead at 89

Tue Jan 22 22:16:06 UTC 2008

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Last native Eyak speaker dead at 89

By DEBRA McKINNEY
ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
January 22nd, 2008

Chief Marie Smith Jones, 89, the last full-blooded Eyak and last  
native speaker of the Eyak language, died of natural causes on Monday  
at her home in Anchorage, according to her family.

Services will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Innocent Russian Orthodox  
Cathedral, 401 Turpin St. Viewing will begin at 11 a.m.

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