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Beavert cautions that Native languages, cultures, and traditions are not one and the same; while there may be similarities between practices and dialects, many anthropologists and ethnographers mistakenly use information on Native cultures interchangeably.
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from the
University of Oregon. Their work to develop the IchishkĂin alphabet eventually transformed into the first IchishkĂin dictionary in 1975, which Beavert participated in with her stepfather and Dr. Bruce Rigsby.
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in New Mexico during World War II for three years. As a result of her distance from Native speakers of
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of eastern Oregon during a blizzard, on
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Her parents, Ellen
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and other linguists and anthropologists as a liaison and interpreter. In the 1940s, Beavert served in the
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Beavert died in Yakima, Washington, on February 8, 2024, at the age of 102.
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A Song to the Creator: Weaving Arts of Native Women of the Plateau
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2008 Distinguished Service Award from the University of Oregon
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IchishkĂin SĂnwit Yakama: Yakima Sahaptin Dictionary
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