OLAC Record oai:anla.uaf.edu:EY996S1996

Metadata
Title:		More Than Words...
Contributor (author):		Spann, Laura Bliss
Coverage:		Cordova
Creator:		Spann, Laura Bliss
Date:		1996
Description:		Video. Eyak prayer or invocation by Marie Smith Jones in Eyak given at a potlatch ceremony filmed by Laura Bliss Spann in Cordova, 1996. This documentary film follows 77-year-old Marie Smith, the Last Speaker of Eyak (Na-Dene, Alaska), on an emotional journey back to her childhood home. As chief of the remaining Eyaks, Marie presides over a traditional Potlatch ceremony - the first in 85 years. The film also features Eyak experts Frederica de Laguna and Michael Krauss. A film to benefit the Eyak Recovery Project, produced and directed by Laura Bliss Spann. 60 min. Video-cassette. Filmed at a time when Marie Smith Jones was the only remaining native speaker of Eyak. Tells the story of Eyak language documentation and prospects for language survival. Includes EY996S1996a [Eyak Language outtakes from More than Words...] Cordova, AK June 1995. Citation: More Than Words�(1996, 60 minutes)
Format:		video/mp4
Subject:		Eyak language
		endangerment
Subject (ISO639):		eya
Type (DCMI):		MovingImage
OLAC Info
Archive:		Alaska Native Language Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/anla.uaf.edu
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:anla.uaf.edu:EY996S1996
DateStamp:		2015-07-16
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Search Info
Citation:		Spann, Laura Bliss. 1996. Alaska Native Language Archive.
Terms:		area_Americas country_US dcmi_MovingImage iso639_eya
Inferred Metadata
Country:		United States
Area:		Americas