How Did a Self-Taught Linguist Come to Own an Indigenous Language?
An article in The New Yorker, by Alice Gregory
Published April 12, 2021
The Penobscot language was spoken by almost no one when Frank Siebert set about trying to preserve it. The people of Indian Island are still reckoning with his legacy. Read the story of how Carol Dana and the People are bringing back the language of their homelands.