Isabel Meadows
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Isabel Meadows was the last fluent speaker of the Rumsen
Ohlone language
and a primary Rumsen consultant to J.P. Harrington.
Her father, James Meadows, was a professional whaler and her mother, Loretta Onesimo, was Rumsen Ohlone
.
Rumsen
Rumsen is one of eight language divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of Northern California...
Ohlone language
Ohlone languages
The Ohlone language family also known as "Costanoan", is a family of languages of the San Francisco Bay Area spoken by the Ohlone peoples. It is a member of the hypothetical Penutian language phylum or stock, and the Utian language family...
and a primary Rumsen consultant to J.P. Harrington.
Her father, James Meadows, was a professional whaler and her mother, Loretta Onesimo, was Rumsen Ohlone
Ohlone
The Ohlone people, also known as the Costanoan, are a Native American people of the central California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the area along the coast from San Francisco Bay through Monterey Bay to the lower Salinas Valley...
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