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Mary Yee
Mary Joachina Yee | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Joachina Ygnacio Rowe 1897 Near Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Died | 1965 (aged 67–68) |
| Nationality | Chumash, United States |
| Other names | Mary J. Rowe[1] |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Known for | Last first-language speaker of the Barbareño language |
| Children | Valentina Yee, Josie Yee, John Yee, Angela Yee, and Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto |
| Parent | Lucretia García (mother) |
| Relatives | Luisa Ygnacio (grandmother) |
Mary Joachina Yee (née Mary Joachina Ygnacio Rowe; 1897–1965)[2][3] was a Barbareño Chumash linguist. She was the last first-language speaker of the Barbareño language, a member of the Chumashan languages that were once spoken in southern California by the Chumash people.
- ^ "John P. Harrington and two of his principal Barbareno Chumash consultants at the site of their former adobe home, Indian Orchard, Goleta: 1931 ; left to right: Mary J. Yee (nee Rowe), holding her son John Yee, Lucrecia Garcia (nee Ygnacio), John Harrington holding Angela Yee". Online Archive of California (OAC). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ Grant, Campbell (1978). "Chumash: Introduction". In Heizer, Robert F. (ed.). Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 8: California. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 505–508. ISBN 978-0-16-004574-5.
- ^ "Yee, Mary J., 1897-". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF). Library of Congress. March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
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