{"id":232633,"date":"2017-11-22T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/?p=232633"},"modified":"2023-11-08T20:56:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:56:17","slug":"native-american-language-preservationist-discusses-his-work-on-heard-at-harvard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2017\/11\/native-american-language-preservationist-discusses-his-work-on-heard-at-harvard\/","title":{"rendered":"We speak, therefore we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<header\n\tclass=\"wp-block-harvard-gazette-article-header alignfull article-header is-style-full-width-text-below centered-image\"\n\tstyle=\" \"\n>\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"403\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/102517_briggs-cloud_088_605.jpg\" width=\"605\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p class=\"wp-element-caption--caption\">Marcus Briggs-Cloud, M.T.S. &#039;10, speaks to the Gazette about his work to preserve the Maskoke language and culture on &quot;Heard at Harvard.&quot;<\/p><p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Stephanie Mitchell\/Harvard Staff Photographer<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"article-header__content\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"article-header__category\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/arts-humanities\/\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tArts &amp; Culture\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"article-header__title wp-block-heading \">\n\t\tWe speak, therefore we are\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__meta\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<address class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author wp-block-post-author__name\">\n\t\tJohn Michael Baglione\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">\n\t\t\tHarvard Correspondent\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<time class=\"article-header__date\" datetime=\"2017-11-22\">\n\t\t\tNovember 22, 2017\t\t<\/time>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"article-header__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t1 min read\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-header__subheading wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\tMaskoke language preservationist and HDS alum discusses his work on Gazette podcast\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\t\t<p><em>Marcus Briggs-Cloud, M.T.S. \u201910, has dedicated his life to revitalizing his ancestral tongue and the cultural identity it sustains. 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