Hazel Sampson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hazel Sampson

American linguist

Date of Birth: 26-May-1910

Place of Birth: Jamestown, Washington, United States

Date of Death: 04-Feb-2014

Profession: linguist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Hazel Sampson

  • Hazel M.
  • Sampson (May 26, 1910 – February 4, 2014) was an American Klallam elder and language preservationist.
  • Sampson was the last native speaker of the Klallam language, as well as the oldest member of the Klallam communities at the time of her death in 2014.
  • She was a member of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington. The Klallam language is still spoken as a second language by some members of the four indigenous Klallam communities: the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, the Port Gamble Band of S’Klallam Indians of Washington's Kitsap Peninsula,as well as the Beecher Bay Klallam of British Columbia, Canada.

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