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How one woman is working to keep the Wampanoag language alive in Mass.

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Jessie Little Doe Baird, front right, hugs a member of the audience following the "We Gather Together" celebration at the Old Indian Meeting House, in Mashpee, Mass., Nov. 18, 2017. (Steven Senne/AP)
Jessie Little Doe Baird, front right, hugs a member of the audience following the "We Gather Together" celebration at the Old Indian Meeting House, in Mashpee, Mass., Nov. 18, 2017. (Steven Senne/AP)

When Jessie Little Doe Baird was growing up on Cape Cod in the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, she didn’t have a relationship with her native language. She’s co-founded the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project to reteach her language to her community and her family.

Baird joins Radio Boston to talk about the project.

This segment aired on October 11, 2024.

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