Vi Hilbert, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Vi Hilbert

Native American tribal elder

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1918

Date of Death: 19-Dec-2008

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Vi Hilbert (née Anderson, Lushootseed name: taq?š?blu, July 24, 1918 – December 19, 2008) was a Native American tribal elder of the Upper Skagit, a tribe of the greater Puget Salish in Washington State, whose ancestors occupied the banks along the Skagit River, and was a conservationist of the Lushootseed culture and its language, of which she was the last fully fluent heritage speaker.
She was named a Washington State Living Treasure in 1989, and received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, presented by President Bill Clinton, in 1994.
She co-wrote Lushootseed grammars and dictionaries, partially with linguist Thom Hess, and published books of stories, teachings, and place names related to her native region, the Puget Sound (also known as Whulge, anglicized from Lushootseed x???´lc /???lcç/).