Frances Johnson or Gwísgwashãn (died 1934)
was the last fluent speaker of the
Takelma language of
Oregon, United States. In 1906, she worked with linguist
Edward Sapir to document the language while living on the
Siletz Reservation
The Siletz Reservation is a 5.852 sq mi (15.157 km²) Indian reservation in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, owned by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz. The reservation is made up of numerous non-contiguous parcels of land in east-centra ...
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References
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Year of birth missing
19th-century births
1934 deaths
20th-century Native Americans
Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest
Last known speakers of a Native American language
Takelma