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Last known native speaker of tribal Klallam language Hazel Sampson dies aged 103</h1></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><div class="" style="outline:none;font-size:11px;margin:4px 0px 2px;display:inline-block;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">At 103, Hazel Sampson was not only the oldest member of the Native American Klallam tribes of the Pacific North-west, but also the last known native speaker of the Klallam language. Ms Sampson, who died at a hospital in Port Angeles, Washington state, on Tuesday, was taught the Klallam tongue by her parents, and learnt English only later as a second language.</span><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default">Access full article below: </div>
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