Marie Wilcox

This article is about the Wukchumni speaker and teacher. For other people with the same name, see Marie Wilcox (disambiguation).

Marie Wilcox
Wilcox in 2016
Born(1933-11-24)November 24, 1933
Visalia, California
DiedSeptember 25, 2021(2021-09-25) (aged 87)
Visalia, California

Marie Desma Wilcox (November 24, 1933 – September 25, 2021)[1][2][3] was a Native American who was the last native speaker of Wukchumni, a dialect of Tule-Kaweah, which is a Yokutsan indigenous language spoken by the Tule-Kaweah Yokuts of California.[2][4] She worked for more than 20 years on a dictionary of the language.[5]

  1. ^ Vaughan-Lee, Emmanuel (September 19, 2014). "Marie's Dictionary" (documentary video, 10 mins). Global Oneness Project. Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Vaughan-Lee, Emmanuel (August 18, 2014). "Who Speaks Wukchumni?". The New York Times (op-ed video, 9 min, 18 sec). ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q (October 7, 2021). "Marie Wilcox, 87, an Elder Who Created a Dictionary To Save a Dying Language". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021. Also at Yahoo News Archived October 10, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, October 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Kohlruss, Carmen (October 8, 2021). "Native elder saved her tribe's language. Her Tulare County family vows to 'keep it going'". Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Marie Wilcox, who saved her tribe's language, dies". Associated Press. October 8, 2021. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.