celebratingamazingwomen:KatherineSiva Saubel (1920-2011) was a Native American scholar whodedicated
celebratingamazingwomen:KatherineSiva Saubel (1920-2011) was a Native American scholar whodedicated her life and career to the effort of preserving the language, culture,and history of the Cahuilla people, to which she belonged. She was one of themost renowned and respected Native American leaders in the state of California.Worried that the native people were onlylearning English and forgetting their own language, she made various efforts tomaintain it, such as the publication of a reference grammar, a dictionary, anda textbook of Cahuilla. She also opened a reservation museum in Banning,California for the purpose of exhibiting her numerous historical artifacts. Shewas awarded the Chancellor’s Medal by the University of California – the highesthonour the institution has to offer. -- source link
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