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Last Speaker of Eyak Dies

Seth Cable passed along the sad news that Chief Marie Smith Jones, the last speaker of the Eyak language of Alaska, died on January 24. The Anchorage Daily News story is worth reading for its information about Smith Jones, Eyak, and the current state of Alaskan native languages.