- Cristina Calderón
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Cristina Calderón (born c. 1928) of Robalo[1], Puerto Williams, on Navarino Island, Chile, is the last living full-blooded Yaghan person. By 2004, Calderón (often referred to as simply Abuela) and her sister-in-law Emelinda Acuña were the only two remaining native speakers of the Yaghan language.[2] After Acuña died at 84 years of age (October 12, 2005), Calderón became the last living full-blooded Yaghan person.[3] With her granddaughter Cristina Zarraga and her sister Ursula Calderon she published a book of Yaghan stories called Hai Kur Mamashu Shis (Quiero contarte un cuento) [I Want to Tell You a Story] in 2005.
References
- ^ Cristian Muñoz Vera. "Cristina Calderón representará a la Región de Magallanes en la elección de la mujer del Bicentenario" (in spanish). http://www.contenidoslocales.cl/comunidad/7644/cristina-calderon-representara-la-region-de-magallanes-en-la-eleccion-de-la-mujer-del. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ Jack Hitt (February 29, 2004). "Say No More". The New York Times Magazine (New York: The New York Times). ISSN 0028-7822. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/magazine/say-no-more.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm. Retrieved 04/10/2011.
- ^ Jackie Hailey (October 14, 2005). "Extinction on the horizon for indigenous tribe in Chile: Second-To-Last Yagana Woman Dies Of A Heart Attack". The Santiago Times (Santiago). http://www.mapuche-nation.org/english/html/news/n-88.htm. Retrieved 04/10/2011.
External links
- Cristina Calderón and Japanese man, photo on November 2003 (in Japanese)
- Hai kur mamashu shis Ediciones Kultrún, Validivia, Chile, 2005 (bilingual Spanish/English edition) 80 pages ISBN 956-7291-48-9
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