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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cristina_CalderónCristina Calderón - Wikipedia

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   Cristina Calderón Harban (24 May 1928 – 16 February 2022) was a Chilean ethnographer, craftswoman, writer and cultural activist who was the last living full-blooded Yahgan person after the death of her 84-year-old sister Úrsula in 2005.

   • Known for: Last known native speaker of the Yaghan language and last living full-blooded Yaghan person
   • Born: 24 May 1928, Robalo, Puerto Williams, Chile

   • Occupation(s): Ethnographer, craftswoman, writer, cultural activist
   • Died: 16 February 2022 (aged 93), Punta Arenas, Chile

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3. www.npr.org › 2022/02/18 › 1081584395Cristina Calderón, Chile's last known Yaghan speaker, dies at 93

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   Feb 18, 2022 · Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images. Cristina Calderón, the last known native speaker of one of Chile's indigenous languages, Yaghan, died at 93, her family said on Wednesday.

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4. www.economist.com › obituary › 2022/03/05Cristina Calderón was the only full-blooded member of her people

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   Mar 5, 2022 · The champion of Yaghan language and culture died on February 16th, aged 93. Mar 5th 2022. Share. T HE DESTRUCTION of a language, a culture and a people’s independence can happen swiftly, with ...

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   Who is Cristina Calderón?

   • Cristina Calderón, the last known native speaker of the Yaghan language, poses outside of the local community center in Puerto Williams, southern Chile, on April 23, 2017. Cristina Calderón, the last known native speaker of one of Chile's indigenous languages, Yaghan, died at 93, her family said on Wednesday.

   Last known speaker of Chilean Yaghan language dies at 93 : NPR

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   What happened to Cristina Calderón?

   • Calderón’s sister, Úrsula, passed away in 2003. Emelinda Acuña, another Yaghan speaker, died in 2012. Cristina Calderón was the last one left. Even in the last years of her life, Calderón was determined to preserve and pass on everything she knew about her language and her culture.

   Yagán: Cristina Calderón, last speaker of Yaghan language, dies in

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   Where did Cristina Calderón live?

   • Cristina Calderón lived in the Chilean town of Villa Ukika in the country’s extreme south. Photograph: Jorge Vega/Reuters An indigenous language from South America’s extreme south has all but vanished after the death of its last living speaker and guardian of its ancestral culture. Cristina Calderón died on Wednesday, aged 93.

   Chilean indigenous language vanishes as last living Yamana speaker dies

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   What did Cristina Calderón do for a living?

   • Together with her granddaughter, Cristina Zárraga, Cristina Calderón created a dictionary from Yaghan to Spanish, accompanied by a CD on which some of the words could be heard. A book of native legends, Hai Kur Mamašu Shis (I want to tell you a story), was published in Chile in 2005.

   Cristina Calderón, champion of the Yaghan people and the last native

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6. www.theguardian.com › world › 2022Chilean indigenous language vanishes as last living Yamana ...

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   Feb 17, 2022 · Cristina Calderón died on Wednesday, aged 93. She had mastered the Yamana language of the Yagan community, and after the death of her sister in 2003 was the last person in the world who could...

7. health.wusf.usf.edu › 2022/02/18 › cristina-calderonCristina Calderón, Chile's last known Yaghan speaker, dies at 93

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   Feb 18, 2022 · Cristina Calderón, the last known native speaker of one of Chile's indigenous languages, Yaghan, died at 93, her family said on Wednesday. Until the end of her days, Abuela Cristina — as many knew her — bided her time making traditional reed baskets, and sharing the Yaghan language and culture with those around her, AFP reported.

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9. english.elpais.com › culture › 2022/02/18Yagán: Cristina Calderón, last speaker of Yaghan language ...

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   Feb 18, 2022 · Buenos Aires - Feb 18, 2022 - 10:50 EST. No one else will speak the Yaghan language. At the age of 93, Cristina Calderón has died and has taken with her the language of her ancestors, the...

10. www.telegraph.co.uk › obituaries › 2022/02/22Cristina Calderón, champion of the Yaghan people and the last ...

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    Feb 22, 2022 · Cristina Calderón, who has died aged 93, was declared a “living human treasure” as the last native speaker of Yaghan – an indigenous language spoken in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at ...