It was the Wampanoag Indians who first greeted the Pilgrims upon their arrival in 1620. Several hundred years later not a single Wampanoag could tell you what they might have said. As elders passed away, so did their language. Enter Jesse Littledoe Baird, an intrepid young mother who embarked on a spiritual journey to reclaim her native tongue. But how does one decipher words and meaning when there is no one left to ask? For Baird and her fellow Wampanoag it meant excavating clues from historic contracts, old deeds, and even a bible. Tribal wisdom hints that a language cannot be lost, only it’s people. Appropriately their quest awakens a deeper understanding of their unique history. It also eventually led Baird to a master’s degree at MIT and the creation of a dictionary, now used to teach Wampanoag to a new generation. Acclaimed filmmaker Anne Makepeace uses beautiful animation to help tell this story of a language lost, found, and reborn.  RYS