Language Keepers, Episode 5: Kawaiisu

For many Indigenous communities, the effort to document and learn
from as many last speakers as possible is a race against time. In
Episode Five of our “Language Keepers” podcast series we meet Julie
Girado Turner, who, for nearly two decades, has been documenting
and recording her father and aunt, the last remaining fluent
speakers of the Kawaiisu language.  Adapted from our
award-winning multimedia story, “Language Keepers,” this six-part
podcast series explores the struggle for Indigenous language
survival in California. In each episode, we meet and learn from
dedicated families and communities across the state who are working
to revitalize their Native languages and cultures in order to pass
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